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Banana Pudding With Wafers

by avi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223074212 · avi · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223074212 · Serving size 1 portion (163 g)

The verdict

Banana Pudding With Wafers by avi scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Banana Pudding, Milk, Water. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 56 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

23074212 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Banana Pudding With Wafers label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 60 PHOTO-FINISH Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates · ±0 BOOK-OFF …074212 · July 2026

18 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 23074212 · 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: Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates · Nearest score peer is Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates 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.

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. Banana Pudding With Wafers: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Banana Pudding With Wafers40/1002. Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Maxfield's, Assorted Choc…40/1003. Maxfeild's, Assorted Chocolate, Coconut Cream, Buttery Caramel, Raspberry Cream, Strawberry Cream, Buttery Caramel, Orange Cream, Peanut Cluster, Chocolate Cream, Lemon Cream, Maple Cream, Butter Rum: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Maxfeild's, Assorted Choc…40/1004. Chipped Beef Gravy: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chipped Beef Gravy40/1005. Level - 1: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Level - 140/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Banana Pudding With Wafers (40/100 on 56 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Banana Pudding With Wafers
40/100
Maxfield's, Assorted Chocolates
40/100
Maxfeild's, Assorted Chocolate, Coconut Cream, Buttery Caramel, Raspberry Cream, Strawberry Cream, Buttery Caramel, Orange Cream, Peanut Cluster, Chocolate Cream, Lemon Cream, Maple Cream, Butter Rum
40/100
Chipped Beef Gravy
40/100
Level - 1
40/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Banana Pudding With Wafers scores 49.5 points below that category average (40/100 vs. 89.5/100), 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 Desserts products

Banana Pudding With Wafers lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Banana Pudding
2
Milk
3
Water
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Skim Milk
6
Corn Starch
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
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
9
Natural & Artificial Flavors
10
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
11
Preservative
12
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
13
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
14
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
16
Whipped Topping
17
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Vegetable Oil
19
Palm
20
Palm Kernel
21
Organic Coconut
22
Cottonseed
23
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Milk Derivative
25
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
26
Artificial Flavor
27
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
28
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
29
Guar Gum
30
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
31
Colored With Turmeric And Annatto Extracts
32
Nilla Wafers
33
Unbleached Enriched Flour
34
Wheat Flour
35
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Reduced Iron
37
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Vitamin B1
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Vitamin B2
41
Folic Acidi
42
Soybean
43
Canola Oil
44
Palm Oil
45
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
46
From Milk
47
Eggs
48
Leavening
49
Baking Soda
50
Calcium Phosphate
51
Mono - And Diglycerides
52
Natural And Artificial Flavor
53
Soy Lecithin
54
Egg
55
Soy
56
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

BANANA PUDDING (MILK, WATER, SUGAR, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, GELATIN, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], CARRAGEENAN, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, CARAMEL COLOR), WHIPPED TOPPING (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [PALM, PALM KERNEL, COCONUT AND/OR COTTONSEED], CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM CASEINATE [A MILK DERIVATIVE], DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED WITH TURMERIC AND ANNATTO EXTRACTS), NILLA WAFERS (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACIDI, SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WHEY [FROM MILK), EGGS, SALT, LEAVENING [BAKING SODA, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN). CONTAINS EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT

Categories

Desserts Puddings

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Banana Pudding With Wafers

Neighbours outside avi in the same lower screening band as Banana Pudding With Wafers (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within avi; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Banana Pudding With Wafers's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
  • Compare Banana Pudding With Wafers'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 0030223074212: 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.