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Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077260048585 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077260048585 · Serving size 2 PIECES (38 g)

The verdict

Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 72 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 72-component record, beginning with Corn Syrup, Milk Chocolate, Whole Milk. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 72 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

28/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

60048585 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 72 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …048585 · July 2026

19 of 72 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 60048585 · 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

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.

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. Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel scores 46.1 points below that category average (40/100 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

Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel lists 72 ingredients on its label

72 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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

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: 72 (100th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 72 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
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
2
Milk Chocolate
3
Whole Milk
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Natural Chocolate
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Emulsifier
8
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
9
Artificial Flavor
10
Condensed Milk
11
Dark Chocolate
12
Chocolate Processed With Alkali
13
Milk Fat
14
Cream
15
Brown Sugar
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Palm Kernel Oil
18
Cherries
19
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Water
21
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
22
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
23
Preservatives
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Natural Flavor
26
Sulfur Dioxide
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Preserves Color
28
Coconut With Sodium Metabisulfite
29
Preserves Whiteness
30
Almonds
31
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
32
Raisins
33
Sunflower Oil
34
Apricots With Sulfur Dioxide
35
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
36
Pecans
37
Walnuts
38
Cocoa Powder
39
Spice
40
Natural And Artificial Flavors
41
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
42
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
43
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
44
Egg Whites
45
Invertase
46
Enzyme
47
Maple Sugar
48
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
49
Fd&c Colors
50
And Yellow 5 & 6
51
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Blue 1 & 2
53
Orange Peel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
54
Carmine Color
55
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
56
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
57
Raspberries
58
Strawberries
59
Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid
60
Antioxidant
61
Soybean Oil
62
Mixed Tocopherols
63
Butter
64
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
65
White Chocolate
66
Nonfat Milk Solids
67
Honey
68
Lemon Peel And Evaporated Milk
69
Milk
70
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
71
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
72
Vitamin D3

Full Ingredient List

Corn syrup, milk chocolate {sugar, whole milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor)}, condensed milk, dark chocolate {sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor)}, cream, brown sugar, sugar, palm kernel oil, 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), almonds, sea salt, raisins (raisins, sunflower oil), apricots with sulfur dioxide (preserves color), salt, pecans, walnuts, cocoa powder, spice, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural and artificial flavors, invert sugar, citric acid, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), sorbitol, dried egg whites, invertase (enzyme), maple sugar, caramel color, fd&c colors (yellow 5 & 6, red 40, blue 1 & 2), orange peel (orange peel, water, citric acid), carmine color, maltodextrin, sodium hydroxide, raspberries, strawberries, mono and diglycerides with citric acid (antioxidant), soybean oil, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), butter, tapioca starch, white chocolate {sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (emulsifier), artificial flavor, salt},whole milk, nonfat milk solids, honey, lemon peel and evaporated milk (milk, dipotassium phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 72-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Sweet, salty, nutty & nice salted chocolate nut caramels in milk and dark chocolate, caramel, salted caramel, nut caramel'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 0077260048585: 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.