Avoid

Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit

by Wilton

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070896807021 · Wilton · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070896807021 · Serving size 0.083 KIT (54 g)

The verdict

Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit by Wilton scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 45 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.

96807021 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 60 PHOTO-FINISH Decorating Kit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …807021 · July 2026

15 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 96807021 · 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.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pop…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
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit (0/100 on 45 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit
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. Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit 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

Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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%). Below this entry. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 8 products (0%). Below this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 36–38: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 45 (100th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Fungal-amylase
6
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Confectioners' Sugar
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Corn Starch
13
Vegetable Shortening
14
Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
15
Water
16
Cocoa Powder
17
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
18
Whey Powder
19
Milk
20
Leavening
21
Baking Soda
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Artificial Flavor
24
Soybean Oil
25
Palm Oil
26
Palm Oil
27
Mono And Diglycerides
28
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
29
Food Starch-modified
30
Corn
31
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
35
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
36
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
37
Preservative
38
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
39
Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Reduced Mineral Whey Powder
42
Whole Milk Solids
43
Nonfat Dry Milk Solids
44
Gum Arabic
45
Peppermint Oil

Full Ingredient List

Cookie crumbs: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, fungal-amylase, ascorbic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), confectioners' sugar (sugar, corn starch), vegetable shortening (hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil), water, cocoa powder, invert sugar syrup, whey powder (milk), leavening (baking soda), salt, artificial flavor, soy lecithin. icing: sugar, water, vegetable shortening (hydrogenated soybean oil, modified palm oil, hydrogenated modified palm oil, mono and diglycerides), corn syrup, corn starch, food starch-modified (corn), salt, mono and diglycerides, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c yellow #6, fd&c red #40, fd&c blue #1, artificial flavor, polysorbate 60, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid. dark cocoa candy melts candy: sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder processed with alkali, soy lecithin, reduced mineral whey powder (milk), salt. candy cane candy melts candy: sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, reduced mineral whey powder, whole milk solids, nonfat dry milk solids, soy lecithin, gum arabic, salt, peppermint oil, artificial flavor, fd&c red #40.

Categories

Baking-decorations

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit

Neighbours outside Wilton in the same lower screening band as Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit (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

Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
  • Compare Dark Cocoa Peppermint Pops Kit's 4 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 0070896807021: 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.