Caution

KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000196639 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000196639 · Serving size 1 meal (249 g) (249 g)

The verdict

KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 70-component record, beginning with Batter, Water, Enriched 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 70 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00196639 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …196639 · July 2026

16 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 00196639 · 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

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.

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.

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. KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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

KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 70 (96th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Batter
2
Water
3
Enriched Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Enriched Degermed Yellow Corn Meal
11
Yellow Corn Meal
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Whole Wheat Flour
14
Leavening
15
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
16
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
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Soybean Oil
19
Corn Starch
20
Corn Starch
21
Honey
22
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Soy Flour
24
Onion Powder
25
Hydroxylated Soy Lecithin. Cooked In Vegetable Oil
26
Corn Oil
27
Cottonseed Oil
28
Turkey Frank
29
Mechanically Separated Turkey
30
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
31
Spice
32
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
33
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
34
Flavorings
35
Sodium Phosphate
36
Paprika & Paprika Oleoresin
37
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
38
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
39
Casing Made From Calcium Alginate
40
Predust
41
Enriched Wheat Flour
42
Enriched With Niacin
43
Reduced Iron
44
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
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
Potatoes
47
Canola Oil
48
Disodium Dihydrogen Phosphate
49
Coloring
50
Carmel Color
51
Annatto Extract
52
Turmeric
53
Corn
54
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
55
Flour
56
Shortening
57
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
58
Light Brown Sugar
59
Whole Eggs
60
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
61
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
62
Blended Fruit Powder
63
Pear
64
Apple
65
Plum
66
Natural Flavors
67
Egg
68
Milk
69
Soy
70
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

BATTER DIPPED TURKEY FRANKS: Batter (Water, Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Enriched Degermed Yellow Corn Meal [Yellow Corn Meal, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Sugar, Whole Wheat Flour, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate], Salt, Soybean Oil, Corn Starch, Modified Corn Starch, Dried Honey, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soy Flour, Onion Powder, Hydroxylated Soy Lecithin. Cooked in Vegetable Oil [Contains one or more of: Corn Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Soybean Oil]), Turkey Frank (Mechanically Separated Turkey, Water, Corn Syrup. Contains 2% or less of: Salt, Spice, Dextrose, Calcium Lactate, Flavorings, Sodium Phosphate, Paprika & Paprika Oleoresin, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Casing made from Calcium Alginate), Predust (Enriched Wheat Flour [Enriched with Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Wheat Flour, Whey, Salt). FRENCH FRIES: Potatoes, Canola Oil, Salt, Disodium Dihydrogen Phosphate (To Promote Color Retention), Coloring (Carmel Color, Annatto Extract, Turmeric), Dextrose. CORN: Corn, Water, Sugar. BROWNIE: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Shortening (Canola Oil, Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oil), Light Brown Sugar, Whole Eggs, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Invert Sugar, Blended Fruit Powder (Pear, Apple, Plum), Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Natural Flavors. CONTAINS: EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT

Categories

Meals

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare KID CUISINE Carnival Mini Corn Dogs Frozen Meal With Corn and Fudge Brownie, 8.8 oz., 8.8 OZ's 1 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 0031000196639: 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.