Safe

"This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..."

by Trader Joe's

Scores 100/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with no flagged ingredients identified.

Barcode 00591201 · Serving size 1 bar (37 g)

The verdict

"This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..." by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination; check official notices and the product label for current decisions.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
flagged ingredients of 41 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
00591201
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.

What the Data Says About "This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..."

"This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..." by Trader Joe's carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework.

The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This score is a transparent derived index we compute from that public data, not an official FDA rating or endorsement; see the Methodology page for the exact weighting.

Our scan did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.

On the NOVA processing scale, "This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..." is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for "This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..."
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 100/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 0 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 94,909 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 87.4/100. "This Blueberry Walks Into a Bar..." scores 12.6 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 87.4/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Blueberry Filling
2
Cane Sugar
3
Blueberries
4
Fruit Juice Concentrates
5
Pineapple
6
Peach
7
Apple
8
Pear
9
Apple Powder
10
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Natural Flavor
13
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
14
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
15
Locust Bean Gum
16
Red Cabbage Extract
17
Color
18
Wheat Flour
19
Invert Cane Syrup
20
Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
21
Wheat Bran
22
Oat Flour
23
Oats
24
Or Less Of Wheat Gluten
25
Honey
26
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
27
Baking Soda
28
Cream Of Tartar
29
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
30
Natural Flavors
31
Vitamin B Blend
32
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
37
Cyanocobalamin
38
Soy Lecithin
39
Milk
40
Soy
41
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

BLUEBERRY FILLING (ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, BLUEBERRIES, FRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATES [PINEAPPLE, PEACH, APPLE, PEAR), APPLE POWDER, TAPIOCA STARCH, GLYCERIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, PECTIN, CITRIC ACID, LOCUST BEAN GUM, RED CABBAGE EXTRACT [COLOR]), ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC INVERT CANE SYRUP, ORGANIC EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC WHEAT BRAN, ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ORGANIC OATS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, ORGANIC HONEY, ORGANIC NON-FAT DRY MILK, BAKING SODA, CREAM OF TARTAR, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN B BLEND (NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID, CYANOCOBALAMIN), ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Bars Cereal bars Fruits cereal bars Blueberry-cereal-bars

Data Sources

Data as of May 2026. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

Product data from Open Food Facts; additive safety from the FDA SAFFA inventory and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details. Compiled by PlainFoodSafe

Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Product figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.