Caution

Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate

by Cafe Bustelo

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074471018932 · Cafe Bustelo · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074471018932 · Serving size 1 K-CUP POD (13 g)

The verdict

Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate by Cafe Bustelo scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Corn Syrup Solids, Instant Coffee, Coconut Oil. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 19 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

71018932 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 24% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Polska Kielbasa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …018932 · July 2026

10 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 71018932 · 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: Polska Kielbasa · Nearest score peer is Polska Kielbasa 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con C…85/1002. Polska Kielbasa: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Polska Kielbasa85/1003. Polska Kielbasa: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Polska Kielbasa85/1004. Polska Kielbasa: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Polska Kielbasa85/1005. oscar mayer real bacon bits: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. oscar mayer real bacon bi…85/100
High-band neighbours for Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate (85/100) outside Cafe Bustelo.
Chart values as text

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

Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate
85/100
Polska Kielbasa
85/100
Polska Kielbasa
85/100
Polska Kielbasa
85/100
oscar mayer real bacon bits
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate scores 12.7 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 76th percentile a longer ingredient list than 76% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 19 (76th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 19 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Syrup Solids
2
Instant Coffee
3
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
4
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
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
8
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Carboxymethylcellulose Gum
11
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Monoglycerides
13
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Anticaking Agent
15
Natural And Artificial Flavor
16
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
17
Non Nutritive Sweetener
18
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
19
Sodium Silicoaluminate

Full Ingredient List

Corn Syrup Solids, Instant Coffee, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Whey, Sugar, Salt, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Dipotassium Phosphate, Sodium Caseinate, Carboxymethylcellulose Gum, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Monoglycerides, Silicon Dioxide (Anticaking Agent), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Sucralose (Non Nutritive Sweetener), Datem, Sodium Silicoaluminate (Anticaking Agent).

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Coffees

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate

Neighbours outside Cafe Bustelo with screening scores in the same high band as Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cafe Bustelo; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate Flavored Coffee Beverage Mix K-Cup Pods, Sweet & Creamy Cafe Con Chocolate'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 0074471018932: 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.