Caution

Buttercreams Confections

by Fannie May

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0052745728077 · Fannie May. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0052745728077 · Serving size 40 g (40 g)

The verdict

Buttercreams Confections by Fannie May scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Water. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 27 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0052745728077
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

57/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

45728077 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buttercreams Confections label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Honey BBQ Glazed · ±0 BOOK-OFF …728077 · July 2026

9 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 45728077 · 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: Honey BBQ Glazed Boneless Chicken Bites · Nearest score peer is Honey BBQ Glazed Boneless Chicken Bites 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Buttercreams Confections: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buttercreams Confections80/1002. Honey BBQ Glazed Boneless Chicken Bites: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Honey BBQ Glazed Boneless…80/1003. Honey bbq glazed chicken wings, honey bbq: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Honey bbq glazed chicken …80/1004. Honey Bbq Glazed Chicken Wings: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Honey Bbq Glazed Chicken …80/1005. Sugar free lotta pops: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sugar free lotta pops80/100
High-band neighbours for Buttercreams Confections (80/100) outside Fannie May.
Chart values as text

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

Buttercreams Confections
80/100
Honey BBQ Glazed Boneless Chicken Bites
80/100
Honey bbq glazed chicken wings, honey bbq
80/100
Honey Bbq Glazed Chicken Wings
80/100
Sugar free lotta pops
80/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Buttercreams Confections lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (82nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Chocolate Liquor
3
Water
4
Salted Butter
5
Cream Salt
6
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
7
Invert Sugar Dark Confection
8
Palm Kernel Oil
9
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
10
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
11
From Milk
12
Palm Oil
13
Soy Lecithin
14
Sorbitan Tristearate And Natural Vanilla
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor
17
Glycerine
18
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
19
Alcohol
20
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
21
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
23
Invertase
24
Food Enzyme Derived From Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
25
Antioxidant
26
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
27
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

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, chocolate liquor, water, salted butter (cream salt), corn syrup, invert sugar dark confection (sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, lactose (from milk), hydrogenated palm oil, soy lecithin {an emulsifier}, sorbitan tristearate and natural vanilla), salt, natural and artificial vanilla flavor (glycerine, propylene glycol, water, alcohol, sugar, caramel color (sulfites), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate), invertase (food enzyme derived from saccharomyces cerevisiae), an antioxidant (propylene glycol, tbhq, citric acid). contains sulfites.

Other products containing Sorbitan Tristearate And Natural Vanilla

Sorbitan Tristearate And Natural Vanilla is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buttercreams Confections

Neighbours outside Fannie May with screening scores in the same high band as Buttercreams Confections (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fannie May; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Buttercreams Confections's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Buttercreams Confections's 2 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 0052745728077: 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.