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A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment

by Russell Stover

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077260041937 · Russell Stover · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077260041937 · Serving size 2 PIECES (30 g)

The verdict

A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment by Russell Stover scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 56-component record, beginning with Milk Chocolate, 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 56 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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

60041937 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Red Velvet Bark · ±0 BOOK-OFF …041937 · July 2026

13 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 60041937 · 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: Red Velvet Bark · Nearest score peer is Red Velvet Bark 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. A decadent private reserv…45/1002. Red Velvet Bark: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Red Velvet Bark45/1003. Palmer's candies, red velvet bark: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Palmer's candies, red vel…45/1004. Rainbow Ice Cream: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rainbow Ice Cream45/1005. Ooey gooey rolls, cinnamon: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ooey gooey rolls, cinnamon45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment (45/100 on 56 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment
45/100
Red Velvet Bark
45/100
Palmer's candies, red velvet bark
45/100
Rainbow Ice Cream
45/100
Ooey gooey rolls, cinnamon
45/100

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. A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment scores 41.1 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (97th 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Whole Milk
3
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
9
Dark Chocolate
10
Chocolate Processed With Alkali
11
Milk Fat
12
White Chocolate
13
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
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Condensed Milk
16
Cream
17
Nonfat Milk Solids
18
Palm Kernel Oil
19
Brown Sugar
20
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
21
Butter
22
Almonds
23
Chocolate Sprinkles
24
Unsweetened Chocolate
25
Cocoa Processed With Potassium Carbonate
26
Edible Shellac
27
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
28
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
29
Hazelnuts
30
Raspberry Blend
31
Red Raspberry Puree
32
Water
33
Corn Starch
34
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
35
Honey
36
Natural And Artificial Flavors
37
Egg Whites
38
Coffee
39
Natural And Artificial Berry Flavor Blend
40
Pureed Strawberries
41
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
42
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
43
Guar Gum
44
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
45
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
46
Tapioca Flour
47
Fd&c Colors
48
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
49
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
50
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
51
Preservatives
52
Invertase
53
Enzyme
54
Hazelnut Butter And Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils
55
Palm Kernel
56
Soybean

Full Ingredient List

Milk chocolate {sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor)}, dark chocolate {sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor)}, white chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (emulsifier), artificial flavor, salt}, corn syrup, sugar, condensed milk, cream, whole milk, nonfat milk solids, palm kernel oil, brown sugar, invert sugar, butter, almonds, chocolate sprinkles {sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa processed with potassium carbonate, soy lecithin, edible shellac, corn syrup, salt, vanillin (artificial flavor)}, coconut oil, hazelnuts, raspberry blend (red raspberry puree, sugar, water, corn syrup, modified corn starch, propylene glycol alginate), salt, honey, natural and artificial flavors, dried egg whites, coffee, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural and artificial berry flavor blend {natural raspberry flavor, pureed strawberries, high fructose corn syrup, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, guar gum}, citric acid, caramel color, tapioca flour, fd&c colors (red 40, blue 1), sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), invertase (enzyme), hazelnut butter and hydrogenated vegetable oils (palm kernel, soybean).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment

Neighbours outside Russell Stover in the same lower screening band as A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Russell Stover; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare A decadent private reserve chocolate assortment's 3 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 0077260041937: 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.