Concern

Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond

by Quaker

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028400040891 · Quaker · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028400040891 · Serving size 1 COOKIE (42 g)

The verdict

Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond by Quaker scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Oat Flour, Chocolate Chunks, Chocolate Liquor. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 52 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

00040891 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Croissant Breakfast Sandwich · ±0 BOOK-OFF …040891 · July 2026

22 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 00040891 · 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: Croissant Breakfast Sandwich · Nearest score peer is Croissant Breakfast Sandwich 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. Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Soft Baked Cookies, Choco…65/1002. Croissant Breakfast Sandwich: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Croissant Breakfast Sandw…65/1003. Mrs-Fil-A Dipping Sauce: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mrs-Fil-A Dipping Sauce65/1004. Rich Chocolate Royale Meal Replacement Shake: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rich Chocolate Royale Mea…65/1005. Creamy Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Creamy Chocolate Meal Rep…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond (65/100 on 52 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond
65/100
Croissant Breakfast Sandwich
65/100
Mrs-Fil-A Dipping Sauce
65/100
Rich Chocolate Royale Meal Replacement Shake
65/100
Creamy Chocolate Meal Replacement Shake
65/100

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. Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond scores 21.1 points below that category average (65/100 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

Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 52 (96th 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Grain Oat Flour
2
Chocolate Chunks
3
Chocolate Liquor
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
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
6
Cocoa Butter
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Emulsifier
9
Vanilla Extract
10
Enriched Flour
11
Unbleached And Bleached Wheat Flour
12
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Reduced Iron
14
Thiamin Mononitrate
15
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
17
Whole Grain Rolled Oats
18
Palm And High Oleic Canola Oil
19
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
20
Preservative
21
Whole Wheat Flour
22
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
24
Mid-oleic Sunflower Oil
25
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
26
Almonds
27
Oligofructose
Sweetener
Safe
28
Modified Food Starch
29
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
30
Eggs
31
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
32
Leavening Agents
33
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
34
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
36
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Propylene Glycol Mono - And Diesters Of Fat And Fatty Acids
38
Mono And Diglycerides
39
BHT
Caution GRAS
40
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
41
Calcium Phosphate
42
Molasses
43
Natural And Artificial Flavor
44
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
Corn Starch
46
Enzymes
47
Sodium Alginate
48
Corn Flour
49
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
50
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
51
Trisodium Phosphate
52
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Whole Grain Oat Flour, Chocolate Chunks (Chocolate Liquor, Sugar, Dextrose, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanilla Extract), Enriched Flour (Unbleached And Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Palm And High Oleic Canola Oil (With Tbhq [Preservative]), Whole Wheat Flour, Fructose, Invert Sugar Syrup, Mid-Oleic Sunflower Oil, Glycerin, Almonds, Oligofructose, Modified Food Starch, Corn Syrup, Dried Eggs, Polydextrose, Leavening Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate), Oat Fiber, Wheat Gluten, Propylene Glycol Mono - And Diesters Of Fat And Fatty Acids, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Bht [To Preserve Freshness], Citric Acid [To Preserve Freshness], Calcium Phosphate, Molasses, Dextrose, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Salt, Corn Starch, Enzymes, Sodium Alginate, Corn Flour, Malic Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Trisodium Phosphate, Caramel Color.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond

Neighbours outside Quaker near Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Quaker; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond'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 Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Soft Baked Cookies, Chocolate, Almond's 3 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 0028400040891: 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.