Avoid

Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl

by Pillsbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051500730805 · Pillsbury · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051500730805 · Serving size 0.071 PACKAGE (35 g)

The verdict

Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl by Pillsbury scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 47 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

00730805 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Ranch Flavor French · ±0 BOOK-OFF …730805 · July 2026

13 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 00730805 · 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: Ranch Flavor French Fry Seasoning · Nearest score peer is Ranch Flavor French Fry Seasoning 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.

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. Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Quick Bread & Muffin Mix,…35/1002. Ranch Flavor French Fry Seasoning: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ranch Flavor French Fry S…35/1003. Ice Sparkling Water Beverage: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice Sparkling Water Bever…35/1004. Sparkling water beverage, kiwi strawberry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sparkling water beverage,…35/1005. Zero calories kiwi strawberry flavored sparkling water beverage: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Zero calories kiwi strawb…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl (35/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl
35/100
Ranch Flavor French Fry Seasoning
35/100
Ice Sparkling Water Beverage
35/100
Sparkling water beverage, kiwi strawberry
35/100
Zero calories kiwi strawberry flavored sparkling water beverage
35/100

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. Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl scores 55.9 points below that category average (35/100 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

Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 47 (95th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Bleached Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Chocolate Chips With Confectioner's Glaze
10
Semisweet Chocolate
11
Chocolate Liquor
12
Cocoa Butter
13
Anhydrous Dextrose
14
Milk Fat
15
Soy Lecithin
16
Confectioner's Glaze
17
Ethanol
18
Shellac
19
Brown Sugar
20
Canola Oil
21
Corn Starch
22
Palm Oil
23
Leavening
24
Baking Soda
25
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
26
Calcium Phosphate
27
Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids
28
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
29
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
30
Distilled Monoglycerides
31
Corn Starch
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Sodium Aluminosilicate
34
Soybean Oil
35
Soy Flour
36
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
37
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
38
Natural And Artificial Flavors
39
Mono And Diglycerides
40
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
41
BHT
Caution GRAS
42
Ascorbyl Palmitate
ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
43
Mixed Tocopherols
44
Chamomile And Rosemary Extracts
45
Antioxidants
46
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
47
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid); Sugar; Chocolate Chips With Confectioner'S Glaze (Semisweet Chocolate [Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Anhydrous Dextrose, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin], Confectioner'S Glaze [Ethanol, Shellac]); Brown Sugar; Canola Oil; Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Corn Starch; Palm Oil; Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Calcium Phosphate); Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids; Dextrose; Cocoa Processed With Alkali; Distilled Monoglycerides; Corn Starch; Salt; Sodium Aluminosilicate; Soybean Oil; Soy Flour; Xanthan Gum; Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate; Natural And Artificial Flavors; Mono And Diglycerides; Citric Acid, Bht, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Mixed Tocopherols, Chamomile And Rosemary Extracts (Antioxidants); Yellow 5; Red 40; Soy Lecithin.

Categories

Cooking helpers

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl

Neighbours outside Pillsbury in the same lower screening band as Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pillsbury; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Quick Bread & Muffin Mix, Chocolate Chip Swirl's 3 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 0051500730805: 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.