Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000459779 · Betty Crocker · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar by Betty Crocker scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Whole Grain Oats, Whole Wheat Flour, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 17 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- Nutri-Score nutrition grade
Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.
Composite profile score
One verdict from three independent sources
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade
Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.
00459779 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar label screening desk
3 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Corn Syrup). Source sheet 00459779 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Nature Valley, Protein Oatmeal, Cranberry, Apple Crunch, Cranberry, Apple Crunch · Nearest score peer is Nature Valley, Protein Oatmeal, Cranberry, Apple Crunch, Cranberry, Apple Crunch at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar scores 10.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 89.5/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar lists 17 ingredients on its label
17 41st percentile a longer ingredient list than 41% of the 11,156 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 2 products (0%)
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- 40 and above
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Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026
Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Whole grain oats, whole wheat flour, sugar, corn syrup, canola oil, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), vegetable glycerin, molasses. contains 2% or less of: enzyme modified butter, baking soda, salt, natural flavor, dried egg white, annatto extract added for color.
Other products containing Annatto Extract Added For Color
Annatto Extract Added For Color is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 12 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar
Neighbours outside Betty Crocker with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Betty Crocker; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (17 on 0016000459779).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Corn Syrup is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Corn Syrup. Open Corn Syrup
- Compare Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0016000459779: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.