Avoid

Gingerbread House Kit

by Lunds Inc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072431229015 · Lunds Inc · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072431229015 · Serving size 0.5 ASSEMBLED PIECE (31 g)

The verdict

Gingerbread House Kit by Lunds Inc scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 13 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Iron, 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
13
Many flagged · of 63 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.

31229015 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gingerbread House Kit label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 13 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-PART 49% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Lunds & byerlys, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …229015 · July 2026

31 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 31229015 · 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: Lunds & byerlys, swedish fish · Nearest score peer is Lunds & byerlys, swedish fish 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. Gingerbread House Kit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Gingerbread House Kit0/1002. Lunds & byerlys, swedish fish: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Lunds & byerlys, swedish …0/1003. Double Chocolate, Raspberry, French Silk, Butter Pecan, Amaretto, Caramel, Irish Cream And Mocha Premium Confections Whipped Cream Truffles, Double Chocolate, Raspberry, French Silk, Butter Pecan, Amaretto, Caramel, Irish Cream And Mocha: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Double Chocolate, Raspber…0/1004. Gourmet Popcorn: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Gourmet Popcorn0/1005. Flave!, Candy Fish: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Flave!, Candy Fish0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Gingerbread House Kit (0/100 on 63 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Gingerbread House Kit
0/100
Lunds & byerlys, swedish fish
0/100
Double Chocolate, Raspberry, French Silk, Butter Pecan, Amaretto, Caramel, Irish Cream And Mocha Premium Confections Whipped Cream Truffles, Double Chocolate, Raspberry, French Silk, Butter Pecan, Amaretto, Caramel, Irish Cream And Mocha
0/100
Gourmet Popcorn
0/100
Flave!, Candy Fish
0/100

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. Gingerbread House Kit scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Gingerbread House Kit lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 63 (99th 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

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (13 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Iron
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Thiamin
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Water
9
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
10
Soybean Oil
11
Cottonseed Oil
12
Palm Oil
13
Sunflower Oil
14
Organic Invert Syrup
15
Natural Flavors
16
Organic Ginger
17
Cinnamon
18
Leavening
19
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
20
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
25
Preservative
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Modified Food Starch
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
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
30
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
31
Stearic Acid
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
32
Agar
33
Preservatives
34
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
36
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
37
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
38
Natural And Artificial Flavors
39
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
42
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
43
Gum Base
44
Artificial Flavors
45
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
46
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
47
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
48
Tapioca Dextrin
49
Color
50
Confectioners Glaze
51
Carnauba Wax
52
Blue 1. Tabbylets
53
Square Shaped Gum
54
Colors
55
And Yellow 5 & 6
56
BHT
Caution GRAS
57
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
58
Palm Kernel Oil
59
Gum Arabic
60
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
61
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
62
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
63
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Gingerbread pieces: enriched wheat flour (iron, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: soybean oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, sunflower oil), invert syrup, natural flavors (ginger, cinnamon), leavening (sodium bicarbonate and/or ammonium bicarbonate), salt, caramel color, soy lecithin, sodium metabisulfite (preservative), icing mix: powdered sugar (sugar, food starch), water, sugar, corn syrup, titanium dioxide, salt, blue 1, stearic acid, agar, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), artificial flavor. gumdrops: sugar, corn syrup, modified cornstarch, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, blue 2, red 3, red 40. colored gumballs: sugar, corn syrup, gum base, artificial flavors, red 3, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1. mini jawbreakers: dextrose, corn syrup, citric acid, calcium stearate, tapioca dextrin, titanium dioxide (color), confectioners glaze, carnauba wax, artificial flavors, red 3, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1. tabbylets (square shaped gum): sugar, dextrose, corn syrup, gum base, natural and artificial flavors, confectioners glaze, tapioca dextrin, carnauba wax, soy lecithin, colors (yellow 5 & 6, red 40, blue 1, titanium dioxide), bht (preservative). large gumballs: sugar, corn syrup, gum base, artificial flavors, red 3, red 40, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1. candy sprinkles: sugar, cornstarch, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, gum arabic, confectioners glaze, blue 1 lake, red 40 lake, red 3, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5

Categories

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Gingerbread House Kit

Neighbours outside Lunds Inc in the same lower screening band as Gingerbread House Kit (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lunds Inc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gingerbread House Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Gingerbread House Kit's 13 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 0072431229015: 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.