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Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0054594277997 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0054594277997 · Serving size 2 COOKIES (28 g)

The verdict

Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 82 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 82-component record, beginning with Flour, Wheat Flour, Sugar. 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 82 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.

94277997 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 82 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …277997 · July 2026

18 of 82 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 94277997 · 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

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.

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. Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies lists 82 ingredients on its label

82 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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

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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 82 (100th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 82 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Cane Sugar
5
Brown Sugar
6
Margarine
7
Liquid Soybean Oil
8
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
9
Water
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Soylecithin
12
Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides
13
Potassium Sorbate & Citric Acid
14
Artificial Flavor
15
Colored With Beta Carotene
16
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Shortening
18
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
19
Eggs
20
Milk
21
Organic Cocoa
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
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
24
Pecans
25
Graham Crackers
26
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Reduced Iron
28
Vitamin B1 & B2
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Graham Flour
31
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
32
Soybean Oil
33
Cottonseed Oils
34
Honey
35
Calcium
36
Baking Soda
37
Corn Starch
38
Evaporated Milk
39
Dipotassium
40
Phosphate
41
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
42
Vitamin D3
43
Chocolate Chips
44
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
45
Cocoa Process With Alkali
46
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
47
Nonfat Milk And Soy Lecithin
48
Strawberry Spread
49
Strawberries
50
High Fructose
51
Fruit Pectin And Citric Acid
52
Figs
53
Dried Figs With Dextrose
54
Pineapple
55
Pineapple And Juice
56
Vanilla
57
Ethyl Alcohol 1.8%
58
Propylene
59
Gilcol
60
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
61
Ethyl Vanillin
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
62
Vanilla Extract
63
Carmel Color And Potassium Corbate
64
Lemon Emulsion
65
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
66
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
67
Yellow Color #5
68
Cherries
69
Water Corn Syrup
70
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
71
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
72
Natural And Artificial Flavor
73
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
74
Organic Cloves
75
Ground Cloves
76
Cinnamon
77
Organic Ground Cinnamon
78
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
79
Baking Powder
80
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
81
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
82
Monocalcium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Flour (wheat flour), sugar (natural cane sugar), brown sugar, margarine (liquid soybean oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, soylecithin, vegetable mono & diglycerides, potassium sorbate & citric acid, artificial flavor, colored with beta carotene, vitamin a), shortening, (partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, eggs, milk, cocoa, powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), pecans, graham crackers (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin b1 & b2, folic acid, sugar, graham flour, corn syrup, soybean oil, cottonseed oils, honey, calcium, baking soda, salt, artificial flavor, corn starch), evaporated milk (milk, dipotassium, phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3), chocolate chips (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa process with alkali, dextrose, nonfat milk and soy lecithin), strawberry spread, (strawberries, corn syrup, high fructose, corn syrup, sugar, fruit pectin and citric acid), figs (dried figs with dextrose), pineapple, (pineapple and juice), salt, vanilla (water, ethyl alcohol 1.8%, propylene, gilcol, vanillin, ethyl vanillin, pure vanilla extract, carmel color and potassium corbate), lemon emulsion (water, propylene glycol, xanthan gum, yellow color #5), cherries (cherries, water corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate), cloves (ground pure cloves), cinnamon (ground cinnamon), baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), baking powder (baking soda, cornstarch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate).

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 82-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Hand iced italian holiday & wedding cookies'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 0054594277997: 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.