Safe

Chewy Bars

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041220840281 · H-E-B. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041220840281

The verdict

Chewy Bars by H-E-B scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Granola, Organic Whole Rolled Oats, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041220840281
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

20840281 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chewy Bars label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Sandwich Cookies · ±0 BOOK-OFF …840281 · July 2026

8 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 20840281 · 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: Sandwich Cookies · Nearest score peer is Sandwich Cookies at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Chewy Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chewy Bars100/1002. Sandwich Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sandwich Cookies100/1003. Traditional Pizza Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Traditional Pizza Sauce100/1004. Texas Pecan: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Texas Pecan100/1005. Cooked medium shrimp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cooked medium shrimp100/100
High-band neighbours for Chewy Bars (100/100) outside H-E-B.
Chart values as text

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

Chewy Bars
100/100
Sandwich Cookies
100/100
Traditional Pizza Sauce
100/100
Texas Pecan
100/100
Cooked medium shrimp
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Chewy Bars lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 41 (94th 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

1
Granola
2
Organic Whole Rolled Oats
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Canola Oil
5
Canola Oil Ascorbic Acid
6
Preservative
7
Rosemary Extract
8
Molasses
9
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
10
Soy Lecithin
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
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
13
Sugar Chocolate Liquor
14
Cocoa Butter
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Vanilla Extract
17
Crisp Rice
18
Rice Flour
19
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
20
Malt Extract
21
Corn Syrup Solids
22
Barley Malt Extract
23
Frosted Crisp Rice
24
Sugar. Canola Dil
25
Candla Oil
26
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
27
Candla Dil
28
Candla Oil. Ascorbic Acid
29
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
30
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Dried Unsweetened Coconut
32
Honey
33
Calcium Carbonate Natural Flavor
34
Wheat Flakes
35
Whey Powder
36
Soy
37
Organic Coconut
38
Wheat
39
San Antonio
40
Texas 78204
41
Bioengineered Food Ingredients Product Of Canada Keep In A Cool

Full Ingredient List

granola (whole rolled oats, sugar, canola oil (canola oil ascorbic acid (preservative). rosemary extract], molasses, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin), corn syrup, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla extract), crisp rice (rice flour, sugar, calcium carbonate, dried malt extract [corn syrup solids, barley malt extract], salt). frosted crisp rice (rice flour, sugar. canola dil [candla oil, ascorbic acid (preservative), rosemary extract] calcium carbonate, salt, molasses, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin). candla dil (candla oil. ascorbic acid (preservative). rosemary extract] glycerin, fructose, dried unsweetened coconut, honey, calcium carbonate natural flavor, salt, soy lecithin, wheat flakes, whey powder. contains: soy, coconut, wheat, milk manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts and other tree nuts made with pride and care for h-e-bo, san antonio, texas 78204 contains bioengineered food ingredients product of canada keep in a cool, dry place lot number and best by: on package

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chewy Bars

Neighbours outside H-E-B with screening scores in the same high band as Chewy Bars (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chewy Bars's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Chewy Bars's 0 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 0041220840281: 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.