Concern

3" lemon drop

by Dianne's Fine Desserts Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0019951051115 · Dianne's Fine Desserts Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0019951051115 · Serving size 1 PIECE (102 g)

The verdict

3" lemon drop by Dianne's Fine Desserts Inc. scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 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 62-component record, beginning with Heavy Cream, Carrageenan, Mono And Diglycerides. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 62 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

51051115 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

3" lemon drop label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate Dutch Mints · ±0 BOOK-OFF …051115 · July 2026

19 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 51051115 · 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: Chocolate Dutch Mints · Nearest score peer is Chocolate Dutch Mints at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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. 3" lemon drop: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. 3" lemon drop50/1002. Chocolate Dutch Mints: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate Dutch Mints50/1003. WATERMELON RINGS: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. WATERMELON RINGS50/1004. Ella's Oven, Raspberry Filled Cookies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ella's Oven, Raspberry Fi…50/1005. Toxic Waste, Goop Gum, Oozing With Sour Slime! Bubble Gum: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Toxic Waste, Goop Gum, Oo…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for 3" lemon drop (50/100 on 62 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

3" lemon drop
50/100
Chocolate Dutch Mints
50/100
WATERMELON RINGS
50/100
Ella's Oven, Raspberry Filled Cookies
50/100
Toxic Waste, Goop Gum, Oozing With Sour Slime! Bubble Gum
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. 3" lemon drop scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

3" lemon drop lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 62 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Heavy Cream
2
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
3
Mono And Diglycerides
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
White Chocolate Chips
6
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
7
Nonfat Milk
8
Milk
9
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil
10
Soya Lecithin
11
Added As An Emulsifier
12
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
13
Artificial Flavoring
14
Lemon Juice
15
Lemon Filling
16
Water
17
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
20
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
21
Lemon Juice Powder
22
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
23
Agar-agar
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Natural And Artificial Flavor
26
Sodium Citrate
27
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
28
Used As Preservatives
29
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
White Chocolate Decoration
32
Cocoa Butter
33
Whole Milk Powder
34
Skimmed Milk Powder
35
Whey Powder
36
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
37
Vanilla
38
Natural Lemon Flavor
39
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
40
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
41
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
42
Cake Flour
43
Wheat Flour
44
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Iron
46
Thiamin Mononitrate
47
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
49
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
50
Vanilla
51
Soybean Oil
52
Egg Yolk
53
Egg Whites
54
Guar Gum
55
Triethyl Citrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Prior Sanctioned
56
Baking Powder
57
Sodium Phosphate
58
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
59
Corn Starch
60
Calcium Sulphate
61
Calcium Phosphate
62
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Heavy cream (heavy cream, carrageenan, and mono and diglycerides), sugar, white chocolate chips (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, milk, partially hydrogenated palm oil, soya lecithin (added as an emulsifier), vanillin (an artificial flavoring), lemon juice, lemon filling (water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, modified food starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dextrose, lemon juice powder, citric acid, agar-agar, salt, natural and artificial flavor, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (used as preservatives), titanium dioxide, and fd&c yellow #5), white chocolate decoration (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, lactose, soya lecithin, natural vanilla), lemon flavor (water, propylene glycol, xanthan gum, polysorbate 80), cake flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), gelatin, vanilla, water, soybean oil, egg yolk, egg whites (egg whites, guar gum, triethyl citrate), baking powder (sodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium sulphate, calcium phosphate), sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Pastries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for 3" lemon drop

Neighbours outside Dianne's Fine Desserts Inc. near 3" lemon drop's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dianne's Fine Desserts Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from 3" lemon drop's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare 3" lemon drop'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 0019951051115: 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.