Concern

Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip

by Glucerna

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070074620756 · Glucerna · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070074620756 · Serving size 1 BAR (40 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip by Glucerna scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Soy Protein Crisps, Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 59 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

74620756 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Lactitol PHOTO-FINISH takos · ±0 BOOK-OFF …620756 · July 2026

15 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Lactitol). Source sheet 74620756 · 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: takos · Nearest score peer is takos 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Chip Snack Bars…50/1002. takos: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. takos50/1003. Pistachio with Kunafe Dubai Chocolate: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pistachio with Kunafe Dub…50/1004. Bloody fruity gummies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bloody fruity gummies50/1005. Brain Freeze rainbow crunch: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Brain Freeze rainbow crun…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip (50/100 on 59 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip
50/100
takos
50/100
Pistachio with Kunafe Dubai Chocolate
50/100
Bloody fruity gummies
50/100
Brain Freeze rainbow crunch
50/100

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. Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 81,477 products 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (98th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Soy Protein Crisps
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Rice Flour
5
Organic Cocoa
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Barley Malt
8
Chocolate Flavored Coating
9
Lactitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
11
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
12
Artificial Flavor
13
Soy Lecithin
14
Monoglycerides
15
Vanilla Extract
16
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
17
Fruit Juice And Grain Dextrins
18
Marshmallow Binder
19
Maltitol Syrup
20
Water
21
Corn Maltodextrin
22
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
23
Egg White Powder
24
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Natural And Artificial Flavors
26
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Chocolate Layer
28
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
29
Palm Kernel Oil
30
Milk Protein Concentrate
31
Chocolate Liquor
32
Natural Flavor
33
Gum Arabic
34
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
35
Locust Bean Gum
36
Chocolate Flavored Chips
37
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Cocoa Butter
39
Sorbitan Tristearate
40
Natural Vanilla Flavoring
41
Short-chain Fructooligosaccharides
42
Toasted Oats
43
Organic Rolled Oats
44
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Soybean Oil
46
Honey
47
Organic High Oleic Safflower Oil
48
Cocoa Fructose Syrup
49
Dutched And Natural Cocoas
50
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
51
Natural Flavors
52
Tocopherol
53
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
54
Calcium Phosphate
55
Cellulose Gel
56
Guar Gum
57
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
58
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
59
Beta-carotene And Chromium Chloride

Full Ingredient List

Soy Protein Crisps (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Rice Flour, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Salt, Barley Malt), Chocolate Flavored Coating (Lactitol, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Polydextrose, Cocoa, Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Vanilla Extract, Acesulfame Potassium), Fruit Juice And Grain Dextrins, Marshmallow Binder (Maltitol Syrup, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Glycerin, Egg White Powder, Titanium Dioxide, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavors), Fructose, Chocolate Layer (Maltitol Syrup, Sorbitol, Palm Kernel Oil, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Chocolate Liquor, Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Gum Arabic, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum), Chocolate Flavored Chips (Maltitol, Chocolate Liquor [Processed With Alkali], Cocoa Butter, Sorbitan Tristearate, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Flavoring), Short-Chain Fructooligosaccharides, Corn Maltodextrin, Toasted Oats (Rolled Oats, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Soybean Oil, Honey), Soy Protein Isolate, High Oleic Safflower Oil, Glycerin; Less Than 2% Of The Following: Cocoa Fructose Syrup (Fructose, Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Dutched And Natural Cocoas [Processed With Alkali], Salt, Carrageenan, Natural Flavors, Tocopherol, Ascorbic Acid), Calcium Phosphate, Cellulose Gel, Guar Gum, Salt, Natural Flavors, Sucralose, Dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate, Ascorbic Acid, Beta-Carotene And Chromium Chloride.

Categories

Snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip

Neighbours outside Glucerna near Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Glucerna; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Lactitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Lactitol. Open Lactitol
  • Compare Chocolate Chip Snack Bars, Chocolate Chip's 4 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 0070074620756: 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.