this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS
by Trader Joe's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 00501019 · Trader Joe's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS by Trader Joe's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 51-component record, beginning with Pumpkin Filling, Brown Rice Syrup, Dried Cane Syrup. 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.
- 95/100
- Safe safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 51 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
95/100
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.
00501019 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS label screening desk
11 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00501019 · 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: Deli Style Tuna Salad · Nearest score peer is Deli Style Tuna Salad 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
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS lists 51 ingredients on its label
51 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track
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
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
- 6–8
- 30,981 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 31,618 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 29,943 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 28,403 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 27,417 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 6,753 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 5,918 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 5,282 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 95/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
PUMPKIN FILLING (BROWN RICE SYRUP, ORGANIC DRIED CANE SYRUP, APPLE POWDER, PUMPKIN, GLYCERIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, WATER, CITRIC ACID, CINNAMON, NUTMEG, ANNATTO EXTRACT FOR COLOR, GINGER, ALLSPICE), WHEAT FLAVOR, EVAPORATED CANE SYRUP, INVERT CANE SYRUP, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, OAT FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, NATURAL FLAVORS (BUTTER, VANILLA, CITRUS), WHEAT GLUTEN, HONEY, CINNAMON, ORGANIC NONFAT DRY MILK, BAKING SODA, CREAM OF TARTAR, MALTODEXTRIN (FROM CORN), SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), SEA SALT, CARRAGEENAN, CLOVES, SOYBEAN OIL, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC (FOR COLOR). NUTRITION BLEND: NIACIN, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), RIBOFLAVIN, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID, SODIUM SELENATE, VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMINE).
Other products containing Pumpkin Filling
Pumpkin Filling is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Trader Joe's
High-score cross-brand comparables for this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS
Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 51 on 00501019).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (51 on 00501019).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
- Compare this pumpkin walks into a bar... CEREAL BARS's 1 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 00501019: 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.