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Baked corn puffs snacks

by Wise

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041262281196 · Wise · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041262281196 · Serving size 1 BAG (21 g)

The verdict

Baked corn puffs snacks by Wise scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Yellow Corn Meal, Vegetable Oil, Corn. 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few 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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

62281196 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Baked corn puffs snacks label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Candies, Dinner Mints · ±0 BOOK-OFF …281196 · July 2026

11 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 62281196 · 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: Candies, Dinner Mints · Nearest score peer is Candies, Dinner Mints 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. Baked corn puffs snacks: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Baked corn puffs snacks25/1002. Candies, Dinner Mints: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Candies, Dinner Mints25/1003. Cinnamon Discs: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cinnamon Discs25/1004. Caffeine free soda: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caffeine free soda25/1005. Assorted Pops: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Assorted Pops25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Baked corn puffs snacks (25/100 on 38 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Baked corn puffs snacks
25/100
Candies, Dinner Mints
25/100
Cinnamon Discs
25/100
Caffeine free soda
25/100
Assorted Pops
25/100

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. Baked corn puffs snacks scores 61.1 points below that category average (25/100 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

Baked corn puffs snacks 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 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Yellow Corn Meal
2
Vegetable Oil
3
Corn
4
Cottonseed
5
Organic Sunflower
6
Canola Oil
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Honey
10
Corn Starch
11
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
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
13
Dextrose Monohydrate
14
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Msg
16
Flavor Enhancer
17
Tomato Powder
18
Cheddar Cheese
19
Cultured Milk
20
Enzymes
21
Onion Powder
22
Buttermilk
23
Butter
24
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
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Garlic Powder
27
Paprika Extract
28
Natural Flavors
29
Soybean Oil
30
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
31
Butter Oil
32
Sodium Phosphate
33
Barley Malt Flour
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
37
Thiamin Hydrochloride
38
Disodium Guanylate And Disodium Inosinate

Full Ingredient List

Yellow corn meal, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: corn, cottonseed, sunflower, or canola oil), sugar, salt, honey, corn starch, fructose, whey, dextrose monohydrate, wheat starch, monosodium glutamate (flavor enhancer), tomato powder, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), onion powder, buttermilk, butter, maltodextrin, yellow 5 lake, garlic powder, paprika extract, natural flavors, soybean oil, citric acid, butter oil, sodium phosphate, barley malt flour, yellow 5, yellow 6, autolyzed yeast extract, thiamin hydrochloride, disodium guanylate and disodium inosinate.

Categories

Snacks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Baked corn puffs snacks

Neighbours outside Wise in the same lower screening band as Baked corn puffs snacks (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wise; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Baked corn puffs snacks'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 Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Baked corn puffs snacks'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 0041262281196: 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.