Caution

Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450172096 · Hy-Vee · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450172096 · Serving size 0.08 PACKAGE, (ABOUT 0.33 CUP DRY MIX) (34 g)

The verdict

Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts by Hy-Vee scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Bleached Flour, 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0075450172096
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

50172096 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Scalloped potatoes, creamy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …172096 · July 2026

10 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 50172096 · 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: Scalloped potatoes, creamy sauce · Nearest score peer is Scalloped potatoes, creamy sauce 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.

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. Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Premium brownie mix, choc…85/1002. Scalloped potatoes, creamy sauce: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Scalloped potatoes, cream…85/1003. Creamy vanilla frosting: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Creamy vanilla frosting85/1004. Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Complete Pancake & Waffle…85/1005. Crumbled Bacon Pieces: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Crumbled Bacon Pieces85/100
High-band neighbours for Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts (85/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts
85/100
Scalloped potatoes, creamy sauce
85/100
Creamy vanilla frosting
85/100
Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix
85/100
Crumbled Bacon Pieces
85/100

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. Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Bleached Flour
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chunks
11
Chocolate Liquor
12
Cocoa Butter
13
Emulsifier
14
Sou Lecithin
15
Artificial Flavor
16
Milk Chocolate Chunks
17
Whole Milk Powder
18
Unsweetened Chocolate
19
Anhydrous Dextrose
20
Soy Lecithin
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Walnuts With Preservative
23
BHT
Caution GRAS
24
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
25
Soybean Oil
26
Emulsifier
27
Mono-and Diglycerides
28
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
29
Organic Cocoa
30
Corn Starch
31
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
32
Leavening
33
Baking Soda
34
Nonfat Milk
35
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), semi-sweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, emulsifier [sou lecithin], artificial flavor), milk chocolate chunks (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, anhydrous dextrose, emulsifier [soy lecithin], salt, artificial flavor), walnuts with preservative (bht), partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (contains soybean oil), with emulsifier (mono-and diglycerides, lecithin), cocoa (processed with alkali), contains 2% or less of: corn starch, dextrose, salt, leavening (baking soda), nonfat milk, maltodextrin.

Other products containing Sou Lecithin

Sou Lecithin is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Premium brownie mix, chocolate chunk with walnuts, chocolate chunk with walnuts'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 0075450172096: 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.