Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy with reese's peanut butter cups1x9.5 oz

85
Caution
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy with reese's peanut butter cups1x9.5 oz receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0044000033880
Nutri-Score
e
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
2 cookies (30 g) (30 g)

What the Data Says About

Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy with reese's peanut butter cups1x9.5 oz carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy with reese's peanut butter cups1x9.5 oz is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy with reese's peanut butter cups1x9.5 oz
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 85/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score E OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Unbleached Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate {Vitamin B1}
6
Riboflavin {Vitamin B2}
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Palm Oil
10
Reese's Peanut Butter Baking Cup
11
Milk Chocolate {Sugar
12
Cocoa Butter
13
Milk
14
Natural Chocolate
15
Soy Lecithin
16
Artificial Flavor}
17
Peanut Butter Chips {Partially Defatted Peanuts
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Palm Kernel And Soybean Oil
20
Corn Syrup Solids
21
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Reduced Protein Whey
23
Palm Kernel Oil
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Artificial Flavor
26
Soy Lecithin}
27
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
28
Reese's Peanut Butter Flavored Chips
29
Partially Defatted Peanuts
30
Peanut Butter
31
Peanuts
32
Rapeseed
33
Cottonseed
34
Soybean Oils
35
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Organic Cocoa
37
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
38
Baking Soda
39
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pieces
40
Nonfat Milk
41
Milkfat
42
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
43
Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate - Emulsifier}
44
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
45
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
46
Artificial Flavor. Tree Nuts

Full Ingredient List

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, reese's peanut butter baking cup (milk chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate, soy lecithin, artificial flavor}, peanut butter chips {partially defatted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel and soybean oil, corn syrup solids, dextrose, reduced protein whey, palm kernel oil, salt, artificial flavor, soy lecithin}, palm kernel oil), sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, milk, soy lecithin), reese's peanut butter flavored chips (partially defatted peanuts, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel and soybean oil, corn syrup solids, dextrose, reduced protein whey, palm kernel oil, salt, artificial flavor, soy lecithin), peanut butter (peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated rapeseed and/or cottonseed and/or soybean oils, salt, peanut oil), cocoa (processed with alkali), cornstarch, dextrose, baking soda, salt, reese's peanut butter cup pieces (milk chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milkfat, lactose, soy lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate - emulsifier}, peanuts, sugar, dextrose, salt, tbhq, citric acid), artificial flavor. tree nuts.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial