Safe

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

by Little Debbie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024300044410 · Little Debbie · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024300044410 · Serving size 1 bag (48 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins by Little Debbie scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Water, Sugar, Enriched Bleached Flour. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 39 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00044410 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Sorbitan Monostearate PHOTO-FINISH Little Brownies · ±0 BOOK-OFF …044410 · July 2026

11 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitan Monostearate). Source sheet 00044410 · 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: Little Brownies · Nearest score peer is Little Brownies 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.

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. Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Chip Mini Muffi…100/1002. Little Brownies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Little Brownies100/1003. Premium Muffins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium Muffins100/1004. Wafers With Peanut Butter Nutty Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wafers With Peanut Butter…100/1005. Sweet Rolls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet Rolls100/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins (100/100) outside Little Debbie.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins
100/100
Little Brownies
100/100
Premium Muffins
100/100
Wafers With Peanut Butter Nutty Bars
100/100
Sweet Rolls
100/100

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. Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (89th 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

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Bleached Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Vitamin B1
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Vitamin B2
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Soybean Oil
13
Milk Chocolate Chips
14
Whole Milk Powder
15
Natural Chocolate
16
Cocoa Butter
17
Milk Fat
18
Soy Lecithin
19
Vanilla
20
Corn Starch
21
Palm Oil
22
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Eggs
24
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Leavening
27
Baking Soda
28
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
29
Egg Whites
30
Soy Flour
31
Natural And Artificial Flavors
32
Corn Flour
33
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
34
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
35
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
36
Mono-and Diglycerides
37
Xanthan And Guar Gums
38
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
39
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved

Full Ingredient List

water, sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), soybean oil, milk chocolate chips (sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla), contains 2% or less of each of the following: modified corn starch, palm oil, whey, eggs, wheat gluten, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), egg whites, soy flour, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavors, corn flour, sorbitan monostearate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, propylene glycol monostearate, mono-and diglycerides, xanthan and guar gums, sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), polysorbate 60,

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Pastries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins

Neighbours outside Little Debbie with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Little Debbie; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0024300044410: 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.