Safe

Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00766449 · Trader Joe's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00766449 · Serving size 1 pudding cup (108 g)

The verdict

Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce by Trader Joe's scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Pretzels, Wheat Flour, Palm Oil Shortening. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
00766449
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

00766449 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Charlie's Lunch Kit, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …766449 · July 2026

11 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00766449 · 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: Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water · Nearest score peer is Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water 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.

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. Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pretzel Bread Pudding wit…90/1002. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chun…90/1003. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk Light Tuna Salad In Water: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chun…90/1004. Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Chip Cookie San…90/1005. Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce90/100
High-band neighbours for Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce (90/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce
90/100
Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water
90/100
Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk Light Tuna Salad In Water
90/100
Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich
90/100
Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce
90/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (90th 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pretzels
2
Wheat Flour
3
Palm Oil Shortening
4
Sourdough Rye Flour
5
Water
6
Cheese Culture
7
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Yeast
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Sunflower Oil
11
Organic Malted Barley
12
Sunflower Lecithin
13
Emulsifier
14
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Dough Conditioner
16
Microbial Enzymes
17
Sodium Hydroxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FUMIGANT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
18
Processing Aid
19
Whipping Cream
20
Cream
21
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
22
Brown Sugar
23
Eggs
24
Sweetened Condensed Milk
25
Milk
26
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
27
Butter
28
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
29
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Natural Flavor
31
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Blackstrap Molasses
33
Nonfat Dry Milk
34
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
35
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

Full Ingredient List

PRETZELS (WHEAT FLOUR, PALM OIL SHORTENING, SOURDOUGH RYE FLOUR, WATER, CHEESE CULTURE], SEA SALT, YEAST, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL, MALTED BARLEY, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN [EMULSIFIER], ASCORBIC ACID [DOUGH CONDITIONER], MICROBIAL ENZYMES, WATER, SODIUM HYDROXIDE [PROCESSING AID]), WHIPPING CREAM (CREAM, CARRAGEENAN), BROWN SUGAR, WATER, EGGS, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR, LACTOSE), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SALT, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, TAPIOCA STARCH, BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES, NONFAT DRY MILK, CARAMEL COLOR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Pretzel Bread Pudding with salted caramel sauce's 2 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 00766449: 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.