Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin
by Trader Joe's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 00684217 · Trader Joe's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 32-component record, beginning with 59g, Muffin Mix, Cassava Flour. 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.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 32 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
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
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.
00684217 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin label screening desk
4 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Monk fruit extract). Source sheet 00684217 · 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: Pizza Margherita · Nearest score peer is Pizza Margherita at the same screening score.
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.
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
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. Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 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
Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin lists 32 ingredients on its label
32 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 81,477 products we track
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
- 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
Full Ingredient List
A Nutrition Facts Amount/serving Total Fat 11g Saturated Fat 8g 40% % Daily Value* Amount/serving 14% Total Carbohydrate 319 1 Dietary Fiber 5g 189 sening per container Trans Fat 0g Total Sugars 15g Serving size Cholesterol 55mg 18% Includes 13g Added Sugas 18% Protein 12g container (59g) Sodium 410mg . Calories 270 in per serving Vitamin D 0.1mcg 0% Calcium 380mg 30% Iron 3mg 15% Potassium • NGREDIENTS: MUFFIN MIX (CASSAVA FLOUR, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE GA RETIRED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, TAPIOCA DEXTROSE), SUNFLOWER LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), M RUTEN SOLATE, CANE SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCONUT FLOUR, EGG FINDER NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER POWDER [CREAM, SALT, NONFAT MILK, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS AND ASCOR PALITATE TO PRESERVE, TAPIOCA STARCH, LEAVENING [CALCIUM WERE SODIUM BICARBONATE, EGG WHITE POWDER, CALCIUM CATE SEA SALT, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, POMEGRANATE EXTRACT). CONTAINS MILK, EGG, COCONUT. WASID EXCLUSIVELY BY: TRADER JOE'S, MONROVIA, CA 91016 TENACOOL DRY PLACE
Other products containing 59g
59g is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin
Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (32 on 00684217).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Monk fruit extract is the first flagged ingredient selected from Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Monk fruit extract. Open Monk fruit extract
- Compare Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin's 0 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 00684217: 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.