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Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations

by Wilton

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070896685506 · Wilton · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070896685506 · Serving size 1 AVERAGE PIECE | PORTION (3 g)

The verdict

Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations by Wilton scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 23 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 9 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 23-component label is layered, beginning with Confectioners' Sugar, Sugar, Corn Starch. 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
9
Many flagged · of 23 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

96685506 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 9 flagged LEN-LAYERED 23 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Green 3 PHOTO-FINISH Decorating Kit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …685506 · July 2026

11 of 23 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Green 3). Source sheet 96685506 · 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: Decorating Kit · Nearest score peer is Decorating 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.

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.

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. Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Wilton, the elf on the sh…0/1002. Decorating Kit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Decorating Kit0/1003. Gingerbread Cookie Kit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Gingerbread Cookie Kit0/1004. Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix0/1005. Icing Decorations: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Icing Decorations0/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations's 0/100 while 39% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations
0/100
Decorating Kit
0/100
Gingerbread Cookie Kit
0/100
Sprinkles Bunny Bright Mix
0/100
Icing Decorations
0/100

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, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations scores 65.2 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 65.2/100), 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 Baking-decorations products

Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations lists 23 ingredients on its label

23 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 2,313 products we track

0–2: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 46 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 171 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 322 products (14%). Below this entry. 8–10: 264 products (11%). Below this entry. 10–12: 335 products (14%). Below this entry. 12–14: 253 products (11%). Below this entry. 14–16: 201 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 186 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Below this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Baking-decorations 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

2,313 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 23 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
13 products (1%)
2–4
46 products (2%)
4–6
171 products (7%)
6–8
322 products (14%)
8–10
264 products (11%)
10–12
335 products (14%)
12–14
253 products (11%)
14–16
201 products (9%)
16–18
186 products (8%)
18–20
161 products (7%)
20–22
106 products (5%)
22–24
78 products (3%)
24–26
69 products (3%)
26–28
41 products (2%)
28–30
28 products (1%)
30–32
13 products (1%)
32–34
8 products (0%)
34–36
3 products (0%)
36–38
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.

Full Ingredient List

Confectioners' sugar (sugar, corn starch), tapioca flour, water, vegetable shortening (hydrogenated palm oil), potasium sorbate (preservative), artificial flavor, gum arabic, cellulose gum, tartaric acid, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c red #3, fd&c red #40, fd&c blue #2, fd&c blue #1, fd&c green #3, titanium dioxide (color), caramel color.

Categories

Baking-decorations

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations

Neighbours outside Wilton in the same lower screening band as Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations (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

Green 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 23-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Green 3. Open Green 3
  • Compare Wilton, the elf on the shelf, icing decorations's 9 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 0070896685506: 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.