Safe

Cookies & Creme Macadamias

by Hawaiian Host Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072992335972 · Hawaiian Host Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072992335972 · Serving size 0.25 cup (37 g)

The verdict

Cookies & Creme Macadamias by Hawaiian Host Inc. scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 38-component record, beginning with Macadamia Nuts, Sugar, Vegetable Oil. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 38 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

92335972 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cookies & Creme Macadamias label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Macadamia Milk Frozen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …335972 · July 2026

12 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 92335972 · 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: Macadamia Milk Frozen Dessert - Rocky Road to Hana · Nearest score peer is Macadamia Milk Frozen Dessert - Rocky Road to Hana 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 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. Cookies & Creme Macadamias: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cookies & Creme Macadamias95/1002. Macadamia Milk Frozen Dessert - Rocky Road to Hana: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Macadamia Milk Frozen Des…95/1003. Chocolat Mousse Cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolat Mousse Cake95/1004. Caramel flan: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caramel flan95/1005. Salted caramel cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Salted caramel cheesecake95/100
High-band neighbours for Cookies & Creme Macadamias (95/100) outside Hawaiian Host Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Cookies & Creme Macadamias
95/100
Macadamia Milk Frozen Dessert - Rocky Road to Hana
95/100
Chocolat Mousse Cake
95/100
Caramel flan
95/100
Salted caramel cheesecake
95/100

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. Cookies & Creme Macadamias scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 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

Cookies & Creme Macadamias lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 38 (89th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Macadamia Nuts
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Palm
6
Shea
7
Organic Sunflower
8
Safflower Oil
9
Nonfat Milk
10
Corn Syrup Solids
11
Enriched Wheat Flour
12
Flour
13
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Thiamin Mononitrate
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
18
Or Less Of Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
19
Soybean
20
Cottonseed Oil
21
Milk Fat
22
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
23
Resinous Glaze
24
High Maltose Corn Syrup
25
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
26
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
27
Milk
28
Natural Chocolate
29
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Soy Lecithin
31
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
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Natural And Artificial Flavor
34
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Antioxidant
36
Pgpr
37
Emulsifier
38
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Macadamia nuts, sugar, vegetable oil [cocoa butter, palm, shea, sunflower and/or safflower oil], nonfat milk, corn syrup solids, enriched wheat flour [flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], contains 2% or less of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed oil], milk fat, cocoa processed with alkali, resinous glaze, high maltose corn syrup, dextrin, whey (milk), chocolate, high fructose corn syrup, soy lecithin, sodium bicarbonate, salt, natural and artificial flavor, tocopherols (antioxidant), pgpr (emulsifier), caramel color.

Other products containing Or Less Of Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil

Or Less Of Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 12 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cookies & Creme Macadamias

Neighbours outside Hawaiian Host Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Cookies & Creme Macadamias (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hawaiian Host Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cookies & Creme Macadamias's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Cookies & Creme Macadamias's 1 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 0072992335972: 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.