Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy sweet and salty1x9.500 oz

60
Concern
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 2 flagged ingredients

Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy sweet and salty1x9.500 oz receives a safety score of 60/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients 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
0044000033897
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
2 cookies (30 g) (30 g)

What the Data Says About

Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy sweet and salty1x9.500 oz carries a composite safety score of 60/100, which we classify as "Concern" 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 2 flagged ingredients 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 sweet and salty1x9.500 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.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Nabisco chips ahoy! cookies chewy sweet and salty1x9.500 oz
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 60/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 2 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Palm
11
Palm Kernel Oil
12
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
13
Natural Chocolate
14
Cocoa Butter
15
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
16
Soy Lecithin
17
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
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Baking Soda
20
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
21
Reduced Minerals Whey
22
From Milk
23
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
24
Natural And Artificial Flavor
25
Nonfat Milk Solids
26
Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
27
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil
28
Artificial Color
29
Includes Yellow 6 Lake
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, palm and/or palm kernel oil, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin), cornstarch, dextrose, salt, baking soda, propylene glycol, reduced minerals whey (from milk), partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, nonfat milk solids, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, partially hydrogenated palm oil, artificial color (includes yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake).

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