Cookies, candies & brownies
Contains 12 flagged ingredients
Cookies, candies & brownies receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 12 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Cookies, candies & brownies carries a composite safety score of 0/100, which we classify as "Avoid" 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.
Our scan identified 12 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Cookies, candies & brownies 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. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 12 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | D | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Milk, cream, skim milk, buttermilk, sugar, cookie dough piece {wheat flour, sugar, butter, powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), water, chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin), food starch, molasses, corn syrup, fructose, soybean oil, sodium bicarbonate, salt, natural flavors, unsweetened chocolate}, brownie piece {wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, water, cocoa processed with alkali, powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), fructose, corn syrup, natural flavors, soybean oil, salt}, fudge swirl {sweetened condensed skim milk (skim milk, sugar, corn syrup), sugar, water, dextrose, cocoa processed with alkali, butter (cream, salt), corn syrup, unsweetened chocolate, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, disodium phosphate, pectin (pectin, sugar), artificial flavor}, caramel swirl {corn syrup, water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, buttermilk solids, nonfat dry milk, butter (cream, salt), pectin, mono and diglycerides, salt, xanthan gum, sodium citrate}, whey, cookie dough base (brown sugar, sugar, water, molasses, unbleached wheat flour, salt), mini m&m candy [milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate, skim milk, cocoa butter, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, salt, artificial and natural flavors), sugar, blue 1 lake, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2, corn syrup, dextrin, corn starch, carnauba wax}, cocoa butter], corn syrup, contains 1% or less of mono and diglycerides, carob bean gum, tara gum, guar gum, carrageenan, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, caramel color.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. 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.
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