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Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham

by Giant

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041520058546 · Giant · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041520058546 · Serving size 1 BAR (45 g)

The verdict

Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham by Giant scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Soy Crisps, Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch. 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 44 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

20058546 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Copper Gluconate PHOTO-FINISH Balanced Nutrition Bar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …058546 · July 2026

19 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Copper Gluconate). Source sheet 20058546 · 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: Balanced Nutrition Bar · Nearest score peer is Balanced Nutrition Bar 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.

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. Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Giant, balanced nutrition…100/1002. Balanced Nutrition Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Balanced Nutrition Bar100/1003. Fitness High Protein Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fitness High Protein Bar100/1004. Fitness High Protein Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fitness High Protein Bar100/1005. Nature's Promise Probiotic: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nature's Promise Probiotic100/100
High-band neighbours for Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham (100/100) outside Giant.
Chart values as text

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

Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham
100/100
Balanced Nutrition Bar
100/100
Fitness High Protein Bar
100/100
Fitness High Protein Bar
100/100
Nature's Promise Probiotic
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. Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham 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

Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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

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: 44 (93rd 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
Soy Crisps
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Corn Syrup Sugar
6
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
7
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
8
Whey Protein Isolate
9
Water
10
Marshmallow Pieces
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Soybean Oil
15
Corn Syrup Solids
16
Natural Flavors
17
Soy Lecithin
18
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
19
Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil
20
Cocoa Powder
21
Whey Powder
22
Chocolate Liquor
23
Dry Whole Milk
24
Nonfat Dry Milk
25
Cocoa Butter
26
Tricalcium Phosphate
27
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
28
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
29
Ferrous Fumarate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
D-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
31
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
34
D-calcium Pantothenate
35
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
36
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Thiamin Mononitrate
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
41
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
42
Cyanocobalamin
43
Milk Fat
44
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

Full Ingredient List

Soy crisps (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), corn syrup sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, maltodextrin,whey protein isolate, water, marshmallow pieces (sugar, cornstarch, fructose, soybean oil, corn syrup solids, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin), glycerin, fructose, high oleic sunflower oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, chocolate liquor, dry whole milk, nonfat dry milk, cocoa butter, tricalcium phosphate, vitamin and mineral blend (ascorbic acid, ferrous fumarate, tricalcium phosphate, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, d-calcium pantothenate, biotin, vitamin a palmitate,pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin), soy lecithin, natural flavors, milk fat, xanthan gum.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Giant, balanced nutrition bar, fudge graham has a longer ingredient list than 93% 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 0041520058546: 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.