Safe

Lemon bar, lemon

by Aldi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041498286972 · Aldi · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041498286972 · Serving size 1 bar (34 g)

The verdict

Lemon bar, lemon by Aldi scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Protein Blend, Soy Crisps, Soy Flour. 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 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

98286972 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lemon bar, lemon label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Copper Gluconate PHOTO-FINISH Veggie Eggplant Fries · ±0 BOOK-OFF …286972 · July 2026

19 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Copper Gluconate). Source sheet 98286972 · 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: Veggie Eggplant Fries · Nearest score peer is Veggie Eggplant Fries 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Lemon bar, lemon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lemon bar, lemon100/1002. Veggie Eggplant Fries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Veggie Eggplant Fries100/1003. Simplynature, Fruit Strips, Blueberry & Acai: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Simplynature, Fruit Strip…100/1004. Grapefruit sparkling water, grapefruit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Grapefruit sparkling wate…100/1005. Brookies Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Brookies Peanut Butter100/100
High-band neighbours for Lemon bar, lemon (100/100) outside Aldi.
Chart values as text

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

Lemon bar, lemon
100/100
Veggie Eggplant Fries
100/100
Simplynature, Fruit Strips, Blueberry & Acai
100/100
Grapefruit sparkling water, grapefruit
100/100
Brookies Peanut Butter
100/100

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. Lemon bar, lemon scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Lemon bar, lemon lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (97th 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

1
Protein Blend
2
Soy Crisps
3
Soy Flour
4
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Soy Protein Isolate
6
Soy Flakes
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Brown Rice Syrup
9
White Chocolate Flavored Coating
10
Cane Sugar
11
Cocoa Butter
12
Whole Milk Powder
13
Whey Powder
14
Sunflower Lecithin
15
Natural Flavor
16
Toasted Oats
17
Whole Grain Oats
18
Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar
19
Mixed Tocopherols
20
Inulin
Other
Safe
21
Chicory Root Fiber
22
Organic Soy Butter
23
Organic Roasted Dehulled Ground Soybeans
24
Soybean Oil
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Dried Cane Syrup
27
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
28
Organic Flax Lignans
29
Natural Flavors
30
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Tricalcium Phosphate
32
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
33
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
34
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
35
Vitamin E Acetate
36
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Ferric Orthophosphate
38
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
40
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
43
Vitamin B12
44
Sodium Selenite
45
Manganese Sulphate
46
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Vitamin K1
48
Chromium Chloride
49
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Vitamin D3
51
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
53
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Protein blend (organic soy crisps [organic soy flour, organic tapioca starch], organic soy flour, soy protein isolate [soy flakes, soy lecithin]), organic brown rice syrup, white chocolate flavored coating (cane sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, whey powder, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor), organic toasted oats (organic whole grain oats, organic evaporated cane sugar, mixed tocopherols), inulin (chicory root fiber), organic soy butter (organic roasted dehulled ground soybeans, organic soybean oil, salt), organic cane syrup, organic glycerin, organic flax lignans, natural flavors, sea salt, caramel. vitamin mineral blend: tricalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin e acetate, vitamin a palmitate, ferric orthophosphate, niacin, biotin, calcium pantothenate, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, vitamin b12, sodium selenite, manganese sulphate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin k1, chromium chloride, riboflavin, vitamin d3, thiamine hydrochloride, folic acid, potassium iodide.

Other products containing Organic Roasted Dehulled Ground Soybeans

Organic Roasted Dehulled Ground Soybeans is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lemon bar, lemon

Neighbours outside Aldi with screening scores in the same high band as Lemon bar, lemon (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Aldi; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Lemon bar, lemon has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041498286972: 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.