Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077260044051 · Russell Stover · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate by Russell Stover scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 70-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.
- 20/100
- Avoid safety score
- 4
- Many flagged · of 70 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
18/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
20/100
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.
60044051 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate label screening desk
17 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 60044051 · 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: Syrup · Nearest score peer is Syrup 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
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. Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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
Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate lists 70 ingredients on its label
70 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products we track
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
- 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 20/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Milk chocolate {sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor),} corn syrup, dark chocolate {sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor)}, condensed milk, sugar, peanuts, cream, brown sugar, almonds, pecans, palm kernel oil, butter, cherries {cherries, 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)}, coconut with sodium metabisulfite (preserves whiteness), invert sugar, salt, raisins (raisins, sunflower oil), apricots with sulfur dioxide (preserves color), walnuts, soy lecithin (emulsifier), gum arabic, tapioca starch, cocoa powder, spice, natural and artificial flavors, mono and diglycerides with citric acid (antioxidant), edible shellac, soybean oil mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), citric acid, honey, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), sorbitol, dried egg whites, invertase (enzyme), maple sugar, caramel color, fd&c colors (red 40, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1), orange peel (orange peel, water, citric acid), carmine color, maltodextrin, sodium hydroxide, raspberries, strawberries, lemon peel, apples, white chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (emulsifier), artificial flavor, salt}, whole milk and nonfat milk solids.
Other products containing Whole Milk And Nonfat Milk Solids
Whole Milk And Nonfat Milk Solids is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 35 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate
Neighbours outside Russell Stover in the same lower screening band as Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Russell Stover; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (4 flagged of 70 on 0077260044051).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (70 on 0077260044051).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
- Compare Caramels & nuts in milk & dark chocolate's 4 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 0077260044051: 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.