Caution

Oatmeal

by Smart Ones

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025800039326 · Smart Ones · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025800039326 · Serving size 1 cup (164 g)

The verdict

Oatmeal by Smart Ones scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Steel Cut Whole Grain Oats, Organic Rolled Oats. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 27 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00039326 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Oatmeal label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 56% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 30 · ±0 BOOK-OFF …039326 · July 2026

9 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 00039326 · 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: Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 30 mg Nasal Decongestant · Nearest score peer is Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 30 mg Nasal Decongestant 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Oatmeal: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Oatmeal80/1002. Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 30 mg Nasal Decongestant: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pseudoephedrine Hydrochlo…80/1003. Mexican Bandits, Beef Jerky: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mexican Bandits, Beef Jer…80/1004. Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Roll, Smoked Salmon: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Smoked Salmon Cream Chees…80/1005. Baked Beans With Brown Sugar & Bacon: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Baked Beans With Brown Su…80/100
High-band neighbours for Oatmeal (80/100) outside Smart Ones.
Chart values as text

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

Oatmeal
80/100
Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride, 30 mg Nasal Decongestant
80/100
Mexican Bandits, Beef Jerky
80/100
Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Roll, Smoked Salmon
80/100
Baked Beans With Brown Sugar & Bacon
80/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Oatmeal scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Oatmeal lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 44th percentile a longer ingredient list than 44% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Above this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (44th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Water, steel cut whole grain oats, rolled oats, granola (oats, brown sugar, honey, salt, spices, natural flavor), apples, nonfat milk, apple juice concentrate, brown sugar, oat fiber, sugar, corn syrup, salt, modified food starch, glycerin, cinnamon, acetylated monoglycerides, natural flavor, apple fiber, ascorbic acid, malic acid, vanilla flavor (natural flavor, molasses, sugar, caramel color), sucralose.

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Oatmeal

Neighbours outside Smart Ones with screening scores in the same high band as Oatmeal (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smart Ones; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Oatmeal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Oatmeal's 2 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 0025800039326: 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.