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Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry

by Shoprite

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041190032884 · Shoprite. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041190032884 · Serving size 37 g (37 g)

The verdict

Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry by Shoprite scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 55-component record, beginning with Filling, High-fructose corn syrup, Corn Syrup. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041190032884
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

27/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

90032884 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Butterscotch Flavored Baking · ±0 BOOK-OFF …032884 · July 2026

23 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 90032884 · 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: Butterscotch Flavored Baking Chips · Nearest score peer is Butterscotch Flavored Baking Chips 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueb…35/1002. Butterscotch Flavored Baking Chips: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Butterscotch Flavored Bak…35/1003. The Elf on The Shelf Sugar cookie cereal: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. The Elf on The Shelf Suga…35/1004. Cream Cheese Cooking Icing: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cream Cheese Cooking Icing35/1005. Green Cookie Icing: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Green Cookie Icing35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry (35/100 on 55 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry
35/100
Butterscotch Flavored Baking Chips
35/100
The Elf on The Shelf Sugar cookie cereal
35/100
Cream Cheese Cooking Icing
35/100
Green Cookie Icing
35/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (98th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filling
2
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
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
4
Water
5
Blueberry Puree Concentrate
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
8
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
9
Sodium Alginate
10
Corn Starch
11
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
12
Methylcellulose
13
Monocalcium Phosphate
14
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
15
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
16
Natural And Artificial Flavors
17
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Whole Wheat Flour
20
Whole Grain Rolled Oats
21
Enriched Wheat Flour
22
Bleached Wheat Flour
23
Malted Barley Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamin Mononitrate
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Vegetable Oil Blend
30
Canola
31
Modified Palm And Palm Kernel Oils
32
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
33
Nonfat Dry Milk
34
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
35
Soluble Corn Fiber
36
Honey
37
Wheat Bran
38
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
39
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
40
Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor
41
Leavening
42
Potassium Bicarbonate
FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
43
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Vitamin B6
48
Dicalcium Phosphate
49
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Vitamin B2
51
Thiamin Hydrochloride
52
Vitamin B1
53
Cyanocobalamin
54
Vitamin B12
55
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Filling (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, blueberry puree concentrate, sugar, glycerin, maltodextrin, sodium alginate, modified corn starch, citric acid, methylcellulose, monocalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, malic acid, natural and artificial flavors, red 40, blue 1), whole wheat flour, whole grain rolled oats, enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil blend (canola, palm and palm kernel oils, tbhq), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, glycerin, contains less than 2% of the following: nonfat dry milk, calcium carbonate, soluble corn fiber, honey, wheat bran, salt, sorbitan monostearate, natural and artificial vanilla flavor, leavening (potassium bicarbonate), wheat gluten, xanthan gum, reduced iron, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), dicalcium phosphate, zinc oxide, riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), folic acid, soy lecithin

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry

Neighbours outside Shoprite in the same lower screening band as Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shoprite; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Fruit & Grain Bars, Blueberry'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 0041190032884: 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.