Wilton, sparkle gel
by Wilton
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070896301956 · Wilton · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Wilton, sparkle gel by Wilton scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 12 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 12-component label led by Corn Syrup, Sugar, Water; 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 12 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
48/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
96301956 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Wilton, sparkle gel label screening desk
7 of 12 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 96301956 · 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: Ice Cream Shop Float Mix, Salted Caramel · Nearest score peer is Ice Cream Shop Float Mix, Salted Caramel 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
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.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 2,509 products we've scored in the Baking-decorations category, the average safety score is 65.2/100. Wilton, sparkle gel scores 4.8 points above that category average (70/100 vs. 65.2/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Baking-decorations products
Wilton, sparkle gel lists 12 ingredients on its label
12 50th percentile a longer ingredient list than 50% of the 2,313 products we track
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
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- 13 products (1%)
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- 46 products (2%)
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- 171 products (7%)
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- 322 products (14%)
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- 335 products (14%)
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- 201 products (9%)
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- 161 products (7%)
- 20–22
- 106 products (5%)
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- 78 products (3%)
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- 69 products (3%)
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- 41 products (2%)
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- 13 products (1%)
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- 8 products (0%)
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- 3 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 4 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 8 products (0%)
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 2,313 Baking-decorations 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 12 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Corn syrup, sugar, water, food starch-modified (corn), artificial color, citric acid, carrageenan, salt, sodium benzoate (preservative), fd&c red #40.
Categories
More from Wilton
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Wilton, sparkle gel
Neighbours outside Wilton near Wilton, sparkle gel's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wilton; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 12 on 0070896301956).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (12 on 0070896301956).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Wilton, sparkle gel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 12-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
- Compare Wilton, sparkle gel's 2 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 0070896301956: 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.