Safe

Chocolatey Chip Muffins

by Little Bites

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072030960395 · Little Bites · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072030960395 · Serving size 43g

The verdict

Chocolatey Chip Muffins by Little Bites scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Sugar, Water, Bleached Wheat Flour. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 35 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.

30960395 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolatey Chip Muffins label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids PHOTO-FINISH Pop'ettes Mini Donuts · ±0 BOOK-OFF …960395 · July 2026

14 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids). Source sheet 30960395 · 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: Pop'ettes Mini Donuts Powdered · Nearest score peer is Pop'ettes Mini Donuts Powdered 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.

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. Chocolatey Chip Muffins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolatey Chip Muffins100/1002. Pop'ettes Mini Donuts Powdered: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pop'ettes Mini Donuts Pow…100/1003. Donut Holes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Donut Holes100/1004. Entenmann's Chocolate Frosted Donuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Entenmann's Chocolate Fro…100/1005. Devils food classic: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Devils food classic100/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolatey Chip Muffins (100/100) outside Little Bites.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolatey Chip Muffins
100/100
Pop'ettes Mini Donuts Powdered
100/100
Donut Holes
100/100
Entenmann's Chocolate Frosted Donuts
100/100
Devils food classic
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Chocolatey Chip Muffins scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Chocolatey Chip Muffins lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (86th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Water
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Vegetable Oil
5
Soybean
6
Chocolate Chips
7
Chocolate Liquor
8
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
9
Cocoa Butter
10
Soy Lecithin
11
Vanilla Extract
12
Eggs
13
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
14
Food Starch-modified
15
Corn
16
Wheat
17
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
18
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
19
Leavening
20
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
21
Baking Soda
22
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Monocalcium Phosphate
24
Artificial Flavors
25
Mono-and Diglycerides
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
28
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
30
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
32
Guar Gum
33
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Cellulose Gum
35
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, WATER, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN), CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, DEXTROSE, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), EGGS, INVERT SUGAR, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED (CORN AND/OR WHEAT), WHEY, GLYCERIN, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, GUAR GUM, WHEAT STARCH, CELLULOSE GUM, SOY LECITHIN, ENZYMES.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Muffins Chocolate chip muffins

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolatey Chip Muffins

Neighbours outside Little Bites with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolatey Chip Muffins (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Little Bites; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chocolatey Chip Muffins has a longer ingredient list than 86% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

  • Open Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids first, then work through the remaining 35 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
  • Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary

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

Barcode 0072030960395: 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.