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Moon Pie mini

by Moon Pie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072108201344 · Moon Pie. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072108201344 · Serving size 1 pie (28 g)

The verdict

Moon Pie mini by Moon Pie scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Wheat Flour, Invert Sugar, Corn Syrup. 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 27 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0072108201344
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

08201344 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Moon Pie mini label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Classic cheddar cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …201344 · July 2026

9 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 08201344 · 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: Classic cheddar cheese melt skillet dinner · Nearest score peer is Classic cheddar cheese melt skillet dinner 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Moon Pie mini: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Moon Pie mini25/1002. Classic cheddar cheese melt skillet dinner: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Classic cheddar cheese me…25/1003. Soda, orange pineapple: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Soda, orange pineapple25/1004. Soda, orange pineapple: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Soda, orange pineapple25/1005. Soda, orange: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soda, orange25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Moon Pie mini (25/100 on 27 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Moon Pie mini
25/100
Classic cheddar cheese melt skillet dinner
25/100
Soda, orange pineapple
25/100
Soda, orange pineapple
25/100
Soda, orange
25/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Moon Pie mini lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (82nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

wheat flour, invert sugar, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil and palm kernel oil, water, soybean oil, gelatin, cocoa processed with alkali, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, corn starch, cocoa, corn sugar, enzymes, natural flavor. sprinkle ingredients: sugar, corn starch, vegetable oil (palm kernel and/or palm oil) soy lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake, natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax, yellow 6 lake. contains bioengineered food ingredients c t w= tr ch chat w

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Moon Pie mini

Neighbours outside Moon Pie in the same lower screening band as Moon Pie mini (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Moon Pie; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Moon Pie mini's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Moon Pie mini's 3 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 0072108201344: 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.