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Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars

by Rice krispies treats

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000179884 · Rice krispies treats · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000179884 · Serving size 1 serving (29 g)

The verdict

Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars by Rice krispies treats scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Toasted Rice Cereal, Rice, Sugar. 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 38 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.

00179884 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Dough Sheets Sugar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …179884 · July 2026

15 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00179884 · 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: Dough Sheets Sugar Cookie · Nearest score peer is Dough Sheets Sugar Cookie 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 milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberry milkshake flav…10/1002. Dough Sheets Sugar Cookie: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dough Sheets Sugar Cookie10/1003. Pop-tart Chocolate Pretzel: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pop-tart Chocolate Pretzel10/1004. Chocolate Flavored Pretzel Toaster Pastries, Chocolate: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Flavored Pretze…10/1005. Toaster pastries, frosted chocolatey caramel: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Toaster pastries, frosted…10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars (10/100 on 38 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars
10/100
Dough Sheets Sugar Cookie
10/100
Pop-tart Chocolate Pretzel
10/100
Chocolate Flavored Pretzel Toaster Pastries, Chocolate
10/100
Toaster pastries, frosted chocolatey caramel
10/100

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. Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars scores 76.1 points below that category average (10/100 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

Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 38 (89th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Toasted Rice Cereal
2
Rice
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Malt Flavor
6
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
8
Vitamin B2
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
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
12
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Vegetable Oil
14
Soybean
15
Palm Kernel
16
Palm Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
17
Corn Syrup Solids
18
Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch
19
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
20
Vegetable Glycerin
21
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
22
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
23
Natural And Artificial Flavors
24
Nonfat Milk
25
Strawberries
26
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
27
Acetylated Monoglycerides
28
Beet Juice For Color
29
Annatto Extract Color
30
Soy Lecithin
31
Confectioner's Glaze
32
Paprika Extract Color
33
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
34
Carnauba Wax
35
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Bht For Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Toasted rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavor, niacinamide, reduced iron, vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, sugar, fructose, vegetable oil (soybean, palm kernel and/or palm oil with tbhq for freshness), corn syrup solids. contains 2% or less of cornstarch, maltodextrin, vegetable glycerin, dextrose, gelatin, natural and artificial flavors, nonfat milk, salt, dried strawberries, datem, acetylated monoglycerides, beet juice for color, annatto extract color, soy lecithin, confectioner's glaze, paprika extract color, red 3, carnauba wax, red 40, yellow 6, blue 2, bht for freshness.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars

Neighbours outside Rice krispies treats in the same lower screening band as Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rice krispies treats; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Strawberry milkshake flavored crispy marshmallow squares bars'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 0038000179884: 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.