Avoid

Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet

by Kid's Kitchen

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600247887 · Kid's Kitchen · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600247887 · Serving size 0.25 PACKAGE (MAKES 1/2 CUP) (28 g)

The verdict

Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet by Kid's Kitchen scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Chocolate Chips, Chocolate Liquor. 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 26 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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

00247887 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 29% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH The original brand · ±0 BOOK-OFF …247887 · July 2026

12 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00247887 · 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: The original brand sugar free red classics ice pops · Nearest score peer is The original brand sugar free red classics ice pops 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.

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. Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cookie dough instant pudd…45/1002. The original brand sugar free red classics ice pops: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. The original brand sugar …45/1003. Ice Cream, Vanilla: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice Cream, Vanilla45/1004. Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate…45/1005. Ice Cream, Vanilla: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream, Vanilla45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet (45/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet
45/100
The original brand sugar free red classics ice pops
45/100
Ice Cream, Vanilla
45/100
Ice Cream, Mint Chocolate Chip
45/100
Ice Cream, Vanilla
45/100

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. Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet scores 44.5 points below that category average (45/100 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

Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 71st percentile a longer ingredient list than 71% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 26 (71st 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Chocolate Chips
3
Chocolate Liquor
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Soy Lecithin
6
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
7
Modified Food Starch
8
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
9
Or Less Of Disodium Phosphate
10
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
11
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
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
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Gum Arabic
15
Mono - And Diglycerides
16
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
17
Nonfat Milk
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Triacetin
Other
Safe
20
Natural And Artificial Flavoring
21
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Molasses Powder
24
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Glucose
26
Corn Syrup Solids

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, and vanillin), modified food starch, dextrose, contains 2% or less of disodium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, calcium sulfate, xanthan gum, salt, gum arabic, mono - and diglycerides, maltodextrin, nonfat milk, caramel color, triacetin, natural and artificial flavoring, modified tapioca starch, yellow 5, molasses powder, yellow 6, glucose, caramel color, corn syrup solids.

Categories

Desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet

Neighbours outside Kid's Kitchen in the same lower screening band as Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kid's Kitchen; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cookie dough instant pudding with chocolate chip packet'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 0037600247887: 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.