Concern

Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy

by Russell Stover

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077260090942 · Russell Stover · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077260090942 · Serving size 2 PIECES (32 g)

The verdict

Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy by Russell Stover scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Chocolate Candy, Cocoa Butter, Natural Chocolate. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

60090942 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates · ±0 BOOK-OFF …090942 · July 2026

10 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 60090942 · 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: Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates · Nearest score peer is Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Assorted Chocolate Candie…50/1002. Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sugar-Free Assorted Choco…50/1003. Mashups Cool Blue Fruit Punch: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mashups Cool Blue Fruit P…50/1004. Ginger Cuts: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ginger Cuts50/1005. Swirl Stix - Rainbow: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Swirl Stix - Rainbow50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy (50/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy
50/100
Sugar-Free Assorted Chocolates
50/100
Mashups Cool Blue Fruit Punch
50/100
Ginger Cuts
50/100
Swirl Stix - Rainbow
50/100

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. Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 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

Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 47 (94th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chocolate Candy
2
Cocoa Butter
3
Natural Chocolate
4
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Milk
6
Milk Fat
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Emulsifier
9
Vanilla
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Rebiana
12
Stevia Extract
13
Maltitol Syrup
14
Dark Chocolate
15
Peanut Butter
16
Dry Roasted Peanuts
17
Hydrogenated Cottonseed/rapeseed Oil
18
Soy Oil
19
Pecans
20
Pastel Coating
21
Palm Kernel Oil And Palm Oil
22
Glycerol-lacto Esters Of Fatty Acids
23
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
24
Artificial Flavor
25
Natural Flavor
26
Butter
27
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
29
Palm Kernel Oil
30
Almonds
31
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Vegetable Oil
33
Palm Kernel
34
Soybean
35
Natural And Artificial Flavors
36
Peppermint Oil
37
Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid
38
Antioxidant
39
Fd&c Colors
40
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
And Yellow 5 & 6
42
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
43
Soybean Oil
44
Mixed Tocopherols
45
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
46
Preservative
47
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

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate candy {maltitol, cocoa butter, chocolate, sodium caseinate (milk), milk fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla, salt, rebiana (stevia extract)}, maltitol syrup, dark chocolate {maltitol, chocolate (processed with alkali), cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin (emulsifier), rebiana (stevia extract), vanilla, salt}, peanut butter (dry roasted peanuts, hydrogenated cottonseed/rapeseed oil, soy oil, salt), pecans, pastel coating {maltitol, palm kernel oil and palm oil, sodium caseinate (milk), milk fat, glycerol-lacto esters of fatty acids, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanillin (artificial flavor), natural flavor, rebiana (stevia extract)}, butter, maltitol, polydextrose, palm kernel oil, almonds, sorbitol, sodium caseinate (milk), hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel, soybean), salt, soy lecithin (emulsifier), natural and artificial flavors, peppermint oil, mono and diglycerides with citric acid (antioxidant), fd&c colors (red 40, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1), soybean oil, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), rebiana (stevia extract), sodium benzoate (preservative) and citric acid.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies Bonbons Assorted chocolate candies

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy

Neighbours outside Russell Stover near Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Russell Stover; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Assorted Chocolate Candies & Dark Chocolate Candy'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 0077260090942: 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.