Caution

Assorted Chocolates

by Fannie May Confections Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0052745651948 · Fannie May Confections Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0052745651948 · Serving size 2 PIECES (32 g)

The verdict

Assorted Chocolates by Fannie May Confections Inc. scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 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 70-component record, beginning with Sugar, Milk Chocolate, Cocoa Butter. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
3
Few flagged · of 70 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

45651948 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Assorted Chocolates label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Fannie may, milk · ±0 BOOK-OFF …651948 · July 2026

13 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 45651948 · 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: Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates · Nearest score peer is Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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. Assorted Chocolates: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Assorted Chocolates75/1002. Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fannie may, milk and dark…75/1003. Milk and dark colonial assortment: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Milk and dark colonial as…75/1004. Fine chocolates: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fine chocolates75/1005. Springtime Mint Meltaways: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Springtime Mint Meltaways75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Assorted Chocolates (75/100 on 70 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Assorted Chocolates
75/100
Fannie may, milk and dark assorted chocolates
75/100
Milk and dark colonial assortment
75/100
Fine chocolates
75/100
Springtime Mint Meltaways
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Assorted Chocolates scores 11.1 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Assorted Chocolates lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 70 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Milk Chocolate
3
Cocoa Butter
4
Chocolate Liquor
5
Milk
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Emulsifier
8
Vanilla
9
Dark Chocolate
10
Butterfat
11
Vanilla
12
Water
13
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
14
White Confection
15
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
16
Nonfat Milk
17
Whole Milk
18
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil
19
Glycerol-lacto Esters Of Fatty Acids
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Salted Butter
22
Cream
23
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Ultra-pasteurized Light Cream
25
Disodium Phosphate
26
Sodium Citrate
27
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
28
Dark Confection
29
Palm Kernel Oil
30
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
31
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
32
From Milk
33
Sorbitan Tristearate
34
Vanilla Extract
35
Toasted Coconut
36
Organic Coconut
37
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
38
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
39
Milk Confection
40
Cocoa Powder
41
Palm Oil
42
Organic Cocoa
43
Soy Lecithin And Vanilla
44
Sweetened Condensed Milk
45
Skim Milk
46
Organic Raspberry Flavor
47
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
48
Corn Starch
49
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
50
Fd&c Red No.40 And Fd&c Blue No.1
51
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
52
Natural Strawberry Flavor
53
Strawberry Puree
54
Strawberry Juice Concentrate And Other Fruit Juice Concentrates
55
Corn Starch-modified
56
Strawberry Powder
57
Raspberry Powder
58
Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor
59
Glycerine
60
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
61
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
62
Alcohol
63
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
64
Invertase
65
Glycerol And Invertase From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
66
Yellow Color
67
Propylene Glycol And Fd&c Yellow No.5 Lake
68
Food Enzyme Derived From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
69
Antioxidant
70
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier) and vanilla), dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor {processed with alkali}, cocoa butter, milk, butterfat, soy lecithin, vanilla), water, corn syrup, white confection (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, whole milk, partially hydrogenated palm oil, glycerol-lacto esters of fatty acids {an emulsifier}, soy lecithin, vanilla, salt), chocolate liquor, salted butter (cream, salt), cream, invert sugar, ultra-pasteurized light cream (milk, cream, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate, carrageenan), dark confection (sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, lactose (from milk), soy lecithin, sorbitan tristearate, natural vanilla extract), toasted coconut (coconut, sugar, dextrose, and salt), milk confection (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, whole milk, cocoa powder, hydrogenated palm oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), sorbitan tristearate (an emulsifier), soy lecithin and natural vanilla), sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar, skim milk), natural raspberry flavor (water, sugar, corn syrup, propylene glycol, corn starch modified, citric acid, fd&c red no.40 and fd&c blue no.1, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate), natural strawberry flavor (strawberry puree, water, sugar, corn syrup, strawberry juice concentrate and other fruit juice concentrates, corn starch-modified, citric acid, fd&c red no.40 and fd&c blue no.1, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate), strawberry powder, dextrose, raspberry powder, salt, natural and artificial vanilla flavor (glycerine, propylene glycol, water, sugar, caramel color (sulfites), alcohol, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate), invertase (glycerol and invertase from saccharomyces cerevisiae), yellow color (soy lecithin, propylene glycol and fd&c yellow no.5 lake), invertase (food enzyme derived from saccharomyces cerevisiae), an antioxidant (propylene glycol, tbhq, citric acid).

Other products containing Fd&c Red No.40 And Fd&c Blue No.1

Fd&c Red No.40 And Fd&c Blue No.1 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies Bonbons

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Assorted Chocolates

Neighbours outside Fannie May Confections Inc. near Assorted Chocolates's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fannie May Confections Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Assorted Chocolates's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Assorted Chocolates'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 0052745651948: 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.