Avoid

Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle

by Baker's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043000079577 · Baker's · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043000079577 · Serving size 1 COOKIE BALL (20 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle by Baker's scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Cookie Crumbs, Unbleached Enriched Flour, Wheat 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0043000079577
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.

00079577 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Wild Strawberry Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …079577 · July 2026

12 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00079577 · 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: Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry · Nearest score peer is Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry 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.

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. Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Truffle Cookie …10/1002. Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wild Strawberry Drink Mix…10/1003. No Bake S'Mores Flavor Dessert Kit, S'Mores: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. No Bake S'Mores Flavor De…10/1004. Will Strawberry: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Will Strawberry10/1005. crystal light: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. crystal light10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle (10/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle
10/100
Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry
10/100
No Bake S'Mores Flavor Dessert Kit, S'Mores
10/100
Will Strawberry
10/100
crystal light
10/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle scores 80.9 points below that category average (10/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Cooking helpers products

Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 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. The comparison here runs against the 1,898 Cooking helpers 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Cookie Crumbs (Unbleached Enriched Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], Sugar, Canola Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains Less Than 2% Of Salt, Soy Lecithin, Leavening [Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate], Chocolate, Artificial Flavor); Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar (Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin [Emulsifier], Vanilla Extract); Sprinkles (Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% Of Artificial Color, Confectioner'S Glaze, Corn Syrup, Gum Arabic, Yellow 5 Lake, Carnaubawax, Red 40 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Hydroxylated Soy Lecithin)

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle

Neighbours outside Baker's in the same lower screening band as Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Baker's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Chocolate Truffle Cookie Balls, Chocolate Truffle'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 0043000079577: 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.