Safe

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips

by Guittard

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071818023000 · Guittard · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071818023000 · Serving size 30 PIECES (15 g)

The verdict

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips by Guittard scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Sugar, Palm Kernel And Palm Oils, Cocoa Butter; 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 7 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

18023000 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 84% LEAD-RARE Whey PHOTO-FINISH Baking chips · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023000 · July 2026

2 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey). Source sheet 18023000 · 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: Baking chips · Nearest score peer is Baking chips at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourme…100/1002. Baking chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baking chips100/1003. 0242/0243 Akoma Fair Trade Extra Semisweet Chocolate Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. 0242/0243 Akoma Fair Trad…100/1004. Extra dark chocolate chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Extra dark chocolate chips100/1005. Barton creek crossing, pumpkin spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Barton creek crossing, pu…100/100
High-band neighbours for 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips (100/100) outside Guittard.
Chart values as text

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

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips
100/100
Baking chips
100/100
0242/0243 Akoma Fair Trade Extra Semisweet Chocolate Chips
100/100
Extra dark chocolate chips
100/100
Barton creek crossing, pumpkin spread
100/100

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. 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips scores 34.8 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 65.2/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 16th percentile a longer ingredient list than 16% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 264 products (11%). Above this entry. 10–12: 335 products (14%). Above this entry. 12–14: 253 products (11%). Above this entry. 14–16: 201 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 186 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Above this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 7 (16th 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

Sugar‡, palm kernel and palm oils, cocoa butter‡, nonfat milk, cream, whey, sunflower lecithin and vanilla.

Other products containing Sunflower Lecithin And Vanilla

Sunflower Lecithin And Vanilla is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Baking-decorations

High-score cross-brand comparables for 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips

Neighbours outside Guittard with screening scores in the same high band as 0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Guittard; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

0230 Choc-Au-Lait™ Gourmet White Baking Chips has a shorter ingredient list than 84% of its Baking-decorations category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0071818023000: 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.