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Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice

by Brach's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041420749315 · Brach's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041420749315 · Serving size 39 g (19 PIECES)

The verdict

Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice by Brach's scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Sugar, Corn Syrup, Confectioner's Glaze; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 15 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041420749315
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

10/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

20749315 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-MOST 60% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 45% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Sour Brite Crawlers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …749315 · July 2026

9 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 20749315 · 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: Sour Brite Crawlers Gummi Candy · Nearest score peer is Sour Brite Crawlers Gummi Candy 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice10/1002. Sour Brite Crawlers Gummi Candy: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sour Brite Crawlers Gummi…10/1003. Sour Watermelon Sharks Minis: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sour Watermelon Sharks Mi…10/1004. Trolli, sour brite crawlers minis gummi candy, watermelon: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Trolli, sour brite crawle…10/1005. Stuffed Giant Plush Worm: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Stuffed Giant Plush Worm10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice (10/100 on 15 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice
10/100
Sour Brite Crawlers Gummi Candy
10/100
Sour Watermelon Sharks Minis
10/100
Trolli, sour brite crawlers minis gummi candy, watermelon
10/100
Stuffed Giant Plush Worm
10/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 55th percentile a longer ingredient list than 55% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (55th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 15 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze (shellac), salt, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, honey, titanium dioxide [color], yellow 6, yellow 5, red 3.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice

Neighbours outside Brach's in the same lower screening band as Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Brach's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Candy Corn, Pumpkin Spice'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 0041420749315: 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.