Caution

Russell stover

by Russell Stover

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077260040527 · Russell Stover. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077260040527

The verdict

Russell stover by Russell Stover scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 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 65-component record, beginning with Ingredients Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Whole Milk Cocoa Butter. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 65 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0077260040527
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

60040527 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Russell stover label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Egg Nog · ±0 BOOK-OFF …040527 · July 2026

10 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 60040527 · 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: Egg Nog · Nearest score peer is Egg Nog 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.

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. Russell stover: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Russell stover70/1002. Egg Nog: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Egg Nog70/1003. Winco foods, busseto foods, prosciutto ham: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Winco foods, busseto food…70/1004. Pepperoni and cheese roll: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni and cheese roll70/1005. 100% Pure Whey With Grass Fed Whey Isolates Vanilla Cream Slice Flavour: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 100% Pure Whey With Grass…70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Russell stover (70/100 on 65 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Russell stover
70/100
Egg Nog
70/100
Winco foods, busseto foods, prosciutto ham
70/100
Pepperoni and cheese roll
70/100
100% Pure Whey With Grass Fed Whey Isolates Vanilla Cream Slice Flavour
70/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Russell stover lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (99th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 65 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ingredients Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Whole Milk Cocoa Butter
4
Natural Chocolate
5
Soy Lecithin
6
Emulsifier
7
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
8
Artificial Flavor Sugar
9
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
10
Peanuts Condensed Milk Cream
11
Brown Sugar Invert Sugar
12
Palm Kernel Oil
13
Almonds Dark Chocolate
14
Sugar Chocolate Processed With Alkali
15
Cocoa Butter Milk Fat Soy Lecithin
16
Artificial Flavor
17
Cocoa Powder
18
Salt Gum Arabic Tapioca Starch Strawberries Dried Egg Whites
19
Natural And Artificial Flavors
20
Invertase
21
Enzyme
22
Edible Shellac
23
Citric Acid Soybean Oil Mixed Tocopherols
24
Antioxidant
25
Fd&c Colors
26
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Yellow 5 & 6 Blue 1 & 2
28
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
29
Preservatives
30
Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid Antxidant
31
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
32
Maple Sugar Sorbitol
33
Pecans
34
Spice
35
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
36
Honey
37
Butter
38
Apricots With Sulfur Dioxide
39
Preserves Color
40
Orange Peel Orange Peel
41
Water
42
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
43
Walnuts Coconut With Sodium Metabisulfite
44
Preserves Whiteness
45
White Chocolate
46
Cocoa Butter
47
Whole Milk
48
Artificial Flavor Salt
49
Nonfat Milk Solids Carmine Color
50
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
51
Raspberries Cherries Icherries
52
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
53
Fd&c Red 40 Natural Flavor
54
Sulfur Dioxide
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
55
Lemon Peel
56
Evaporated Milk
57
Milk Dipotassium Phosphate Carrageenan
58
Vitamin D3
59
Raisins
60
Raisins
61
Sunflower Oil
62
4900 Oak Street
63
Kansas City
64
Missouri 64112-2702 Usa Facts Tainer Eces
65
33g

Full Ingredient List

ingredients milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor sugar, corn syrup, peanuts condensed milk cream, brown sugar invert sugar, palm kernel oil, almonds dark chocolate (sugar chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter milk fat soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor), cocoa powder, salt gum arabic tapioca starch strawberries dried egg whites, natural and artificial flavors, invertase (enzyme), soy lecithin (emulsifier) edible shellac, citric acid soybean oil mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), fd&c colors (red 40, yellow 5 & 6 blue 1 & 2), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), mono and diglycerides with citric acid antxidant, sodium hydroxide, maple sugar sorbitol, pecans, spice, caramel color, honey, butter, apricots with sulfur dioxide (preserves color), orange peel orange peel, water, citric acid), walnuts coconut with sodium metabisulfite (preserves whiteness), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (emulsifier), artificial flavor salt), whole milk, nonfat milk solids carmine color, maltodextrin, raspberries cherries icherries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, sugar, citric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), fd&c red 40 natural flavor, sulfur dioxide (preserves color)), lemon peel, evaporated milk (milk dipotassium phosphate carrageenan, vitamin d3) and raisins (raisins, sunflower oil) may contain tree nuts and wheat. lc, 4900 oak street, kansas city, missouri 64112-2702 usa facts tainer eces (33g) 140 5 daily value* 8% 18% 2% 2% 8% 4% ugars 32% n 36mg 2% 77mg 2% uch a nutrient in daily diet, 2000 nutrition advice.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Russell stover

Neighbours outside Russell Stover near Russell stover's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Russell Stover; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Russell stover's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 65-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Russell stover'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 0077260040527: 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.