Safe

Dark Waffeletten

by Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070569210400 · Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070569210400 · Serving size 4 PIECES (29 g)

The verdict

Dark Waffeletten by Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Wheat Flour, Sugar, Palm Oil; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 13 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

69210400 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dark Waffeletten label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 67% LEAD-RARE Sodium Bicarbonate PHOTO-FINISH Choco leibniz crispy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …210400 · July 2026

3 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Bicarbonate). Source sheet 69210400 · 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: Choco leibniz crispy cookies · Nearest score peer is Choco leibniz crispy cookies 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.

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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Dark Waffeletten: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dark Waffeletten100/1002. Choco leibniz crispy cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Choco leibniz crispy cook…100/1003. Choco leibniz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Choco leibniz100/1004. Chocolate wafers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate wafers100/1005. Bahlsen, hit cookies with a creme filling: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bahlsen, hit cookies with…100/100
High-band neighbours for Dark Waffeletten (100/100) outside Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen.
Chart values as text

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

Dark Waffeletten
100/100
Choco leibniz crispy cookies
100/100
Choco leibniz
100/100
Chocolate wafers
100/100
Bahlsen, hit cookies with a creme filling
100/100

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. Dark Waffeletten 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

Dark Waffeletten lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 33rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 33% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (33rd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour, sugar, hydrogenated palm oil, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, skim milk powder, dried egg yolk, sunflower lecithin, sweet whey powder, salt, sodium bicarbonate, spices, natural vanilla flavor.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

High-score cross-brand comparables for Dark Waffeletten

Neighbours outside Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen with screening scores in the same high band as Dark Waffeletten (100/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Bahlsen North America Inc., Bahlsen; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Dark Waffeletten has a shorter ingredient list than 67% of its Snacks category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with Sodium Bicarbonate and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0070569210400: 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.