Concern

Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate

by Dr. Oetker

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0058336135002 · Dr. Oetker · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0058336135002 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (9 g)

The verdict

Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate by Dr. Oetker scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Cocoa, Glucose Syrup, Palm Kernel Oil. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 22 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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

36135002 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 41% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Pretzel Melt Pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …135002 · July 2026

11 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 36135002 · 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: Pretzel Melt Pizza With Parmesan Herb Topping · Nearest score peer is Pretzel Melt Pizza With Parmesan Herb Topping at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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. Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dr. oetker, light mousses…55/1002. Pretzel Melt Pizza With Parmesan Herb Topping: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pretzel Melt Pizza With P…55/1003. Rockin' Protein Builder Protein Shake Strawberry: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rockin' Protein Builder P…55/1004. Pepperoni Mini Bagels Topped With Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella Cheese And Pepperoni Snackers, Pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni Mini Bagels Top…55/1005. Pepperoni Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepperoni Pizza55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate (55/100 on 22 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate
55/100
Pretzel Melt Pizza With Parmesan Herb Topping
55/100
Rockin' Protein Builder Protein Shake Strawberry
55/100
Pepperoni Mini Bagels Topped With Tomato Sauce, Mozzarella Cheese And Pepperoni Snackers, Pepperoni
55/100
Pepperoni Pizza
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate scores 34.5 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 89.5/100), 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 Desserts products

Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 59th percentile a longer ingredient list than 59% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (59th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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 11,156 Desserts 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Cocoa (processed with alkali), dried glucose syrup, palm kernel oil, fructose, modified corn starch, gelatin, palm oil, sodium alginate, caramel color, sodium caseinate (milk), tetrasodium pyrophosphate, salt, sucralose, tocopherols, dipotassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, lactylic esters of fatty acids, acetylated tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, red 40, sulfur dioxide (a preservative)

Other products containing Acetylated Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides

Acetylated Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 12 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate

Neighbours outside Dr. Oetker near Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dr. Oetker; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Dr. oetker, light mousses, instant dessert mix, dark chocolate'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 0058336135002: 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.