Avoid

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies

by Pillsbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0018000487790 · Pillsbury · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0018000487790 · Serving size 1 COOKIE (36 g)

The verdict

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies by Pillsbury scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour Bleached, Wheat Flour, Niacin. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 52 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00487790 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Toaster pastries, frosted · ±0 BOOK-OFF …487790 · July 2026

19 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00487790 · 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: Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae · Nearest score peer is Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Melts S'More Sensation Fi…0/1002. Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Toaster pastries, frosted…0/1003. pop tarts: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. pop tarts0/1004. Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Toaster pastries, frosted…0/1005. Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies (0/100 on 52 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies
0/100
Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae
0/100
pop tarts
0/100
Toaster pastries, frosted hot fudge sundae
0/100
Frosted Hot Fudge Sundae
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies scores 97.7 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 52 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour Bleached
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Marshmallow Flavored Filling
10
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Water
12
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
13
Corn Starch
14
Color Added
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Cellulose Gel
17
Preservatives
18
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
19
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
20
Cellulose Gum
21
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
22
Natural And Artificial Flavor
23
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
24
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
25
Brown Sugar
26
Palm
27
Soybean Oil
28
Canola Oil
29
Milk Chocolate Chips
30
Chocolate Liquor
31
Cocoa Butter
32
Milk
33
Soy Lecithin
34
Natural Flavor
35
Whole Wheat Flour
36
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
37
Baking Powder
38
Baking Soda
39
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
40
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
41
Corn Starch
42
Eggs
43
Molasses
44
Honey
45
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
46
Calcium Gluconate
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
47
Disodium Phosphate
48
Preservative
49
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
50
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Marshmallow Flavored Filling (High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Color Added, Salt, Cellulose Gel, Preservatives [Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate], Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Malic Acid, Citric Acid), Brown Sugar, Palm And/Or Soybean Oil, Water, Canola Oil, Milk Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Milk, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor), Whole Wheat Flour. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Baking Powder (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Eggs, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Molasses, Honey, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Calcium Gluconate, Disodium Phosphate, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Pie dough

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies

Neighbours outside Pillsbury in the same lower screening band as Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pillsbury; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 52-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Melts S'More Sensation Filled Cookies's 4 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 0018000487790: 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.