Avoid

Hot cocoa strip

by Wilton

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070896181909 · Wilton · Bread coverings. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070896181909 · Serving size 4.5g

The verdict

Hot cocoa strip by Wilton scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 7 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Chocolate Flavored Drops, Sugar, Cocoa Butter. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
7
Many flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070896181909
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

96181909 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hot cocoa strip label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 7 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 54% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Gingerbread Cookie Kit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …181909 · July 2026

15 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 96181909 · 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: Gingerbread Cookie Kit · Nearest score peer is Gingerbread Cookie Kit at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hot cocoa strip: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Hot cocoa strip0/1002. Gingerbread Cookie Kit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Gingerbread Cookie Kit0/1003. Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix0/1004. Icing Decorations: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Icing Decorations0/1005. Peeps icing decorations: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Peeps icing decorations0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hot cocoa strip (0/100 on 28 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hot cocoa strip
0/100
Gingerbread Cookie Kit
0/100
Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix
0/100
Icing Decorations
0/100
Peeps icing decorations
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Hot cocoa strip scores 90.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Bread coverings products

Hot cocoa strip lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 41 products we track

4–6: 3 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 8 products (20%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 4 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 16–18: 5 products (12%). Below this entry. 18–20: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 3 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 2 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 4 42 every published Bread coverings 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

41 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 28 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

4–6
3 products (7%)
6–8
3 products (7%)
8–10
8 products (20%)
10–12
3 products (7%)
12–14
4 products (10%)
14–16
1 products (2%)
16–18
5 products (12%)
18–20
1 products (2%)
20–22
3 products (7%)
22–24
1 products (2%)
26–28
1 products (2%)
28–30
1 products (2%)
30–32
2 products (5%)
32–34
1 products (2%)
34–36
1 products (2%)
40 and above
3 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 41 Bread coverings 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (7 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chocolate Flavored Drops
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cocoa Butter
4
Cocoa Powder
5
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
6
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
7
Milk
8
Soy Lecithin
9
Palm Oil
10
Corn Starch
11
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
13
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
14
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
15
Gum Arabic
16
Confectioner's Glaze
17
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
18
Carnauba Wax
19
Artificial Flavor
20
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Sodium Citrate
23
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Soy

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate Flavored Drops (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder, Lactose, Whey, Milk, Soy Lecithin), Sugar, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Cocoa Powder, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Gelatin, Gum Arabic, Confectioner's Glaze, Soy Lecithin, Titanium Dioxide, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavor, Silicon Dioxide, Red 40 Lake, Sodium Citrate, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Blue 1, Yellow 5, Red 40. Contains: Milk, Soy.

Categories

Bread coverings Cooking helpers Food decorations Pastry helpers Sprinkles Chocolate sprinkles Milk chocolate sprinkles

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Hot cocoa strip

Neighbours outside Wilton in the same lower screening band as Hot cocoa strip (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wilton; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hot cocoa strip's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Hot cocoa strip's 7 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 0070896181909: 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.