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Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070038312000 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070038312000 · Serving size 0.25 PACKAGE (24 g)

The verdict

Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Ultra - Tex 8, Food Starch - Modified. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070038312000
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

27/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

38312000 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Propyl Gallate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …312000 · July 2026

8 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Propyl Gallate). Source sheet 38312000 · 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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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.

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. Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling scores 54.5 points below that category average (35/100 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

Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% 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%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 25 (68th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Ultra - Tex 8
 3
Food Starch - Modified
 4
Us
 5
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Canada
 7
Nfdm
 8
Disodium Phosphate
 9
Guar Gum
 10
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
 11
Emulpals 110
 12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Natural & Artificial Flavors
14
Atmos 300k
 15
Monodiglycerides
 16
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
17
Antioxidants
 18
Propyl Gallate
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Avoid GRAS
19
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
20
Palm Oil
 21
Palm Oil
 22
Cream Plus
 23
Color Cream Shade Yellow
 24
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, ultra - tex 8 (food starch - modified (us), modified tapioca starch (canada)), nfdm, disodium phosphate, guar gum, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, emulpals 110, salt, natural & artificial flavors, atmos 300k (monodiglycerides, propylene glycol. contains less than 2% or less of each of the following: antioxidants (propyl gallate, citric acid)), palm oil (us), modified palm oil (canada), cream plus, color cream shade yellow (fd&c yellow 5, fd&c yellow 6).

Categories

Desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Propyl Gallate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Propyl Gallate. Open Propyl Gallate
  • Compare Vanilla instant pudding and pie filling'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 0070038312000: 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.