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Strawberry Muffin Mix

by Food Lion

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035826044402 · Food Lion. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035826044402 · Serving size 39g

The verdict

Strawberry Muffin Mix by Food Lion scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with Enriched Bleached Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 48 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

26044402 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberry Muffin Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Peach Rings · ±0 BOOK-OFF …044402 · July 2026

20 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 26044402 · 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: Peach Rings · Nearest score peer is Peach Rings 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.

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. Strawberry Muffin Mix: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberry Muffin Mix10/1002. Peach Rings: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Peach Rings10/1003. Dolgen corp, tattoo pumpkin lollipops: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dolgen corp, tattoo pumpk…10/1004. Target corporation, sprinkles gourmet mini bark white chocolate: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Target corporation, sprin…10/1005. Target corporation, graham with sprinkles, white chocolate covered: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Target corporation, graha…10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Strawberry Muffin Mix (10/100 on 48 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Strawberry Muffin Mix
10/100
Peach Rings
10/100
Dolgen corp, tattoo pumpkin lollipops
10/100
Target corporation, sprinkles gourmet mini bark white chocolate
10/100
Target corporation, graham with sprinkles, white chocolate covered
10/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Strawberry Muffin Mix lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Bleached Flour
2
Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
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
10
Animal Shortening And Vegetable Oil
11
Tallow
12
Soybean Oil
13
Preservative
14
BHT
Caution GRAS
15
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
16
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
17
Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
18
Leavening
19
Baking Soda
20
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
21
Degermed Yellow Corn Meal
22
Gelatinized Yellow Corn Flour
23
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
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Cellulose Gum
26
Soy Lecithin
27
Natural And Artificial Flavor
28
Nonfat Milk
29
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
30
Barley Malt Extract
31
Color
32
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
35
Vitamin C
36
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
37
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
38
Ferrous Fumarate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Palmitate
41
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Vitamin B2
43
Vitamin B1
44
Vitamin B6
45
Pyridoxine Hydrocholoride
46
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Cholecalciferol
48
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, DEXTROSE, ANIMAL SHORTENING AND VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: TALLOW, SOYBEAN OIL) WITH PRESERVATIVE (BHT, CITRIC ACID), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (CONTAINS SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), DEGERMED YELLOW CORN MEAL, GELATINIZED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, WHEY, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NONFAT MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, COLOR (RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE), VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE, ASCORBIC ACID), IRON (FERROUS FUMARATE), VITAMIN A (PALMITATE), NIACIN (NIACINAMIDE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHOLORIDE), VITAMIN D (CHOLECALCIFEROL), VITAMIN B12.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberry Muffin Mix

Neighbours outside Food Lion in the same lower screening band as Strawberry Muffin Mix (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Lion; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Strawberry Muffin Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Strawberry Muffin Mix'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 0035826044402: 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.