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Meringue Pie

by Specialty Bakers Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077317082142 · Specialty Bakers Llc · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077317082142 · Serving size 4.2 ONZ (118 g)

The verdict

Meringue Pie by Specialty Bakers Llc scores 30/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Water, Unbleached Wheat Flour, Sugar. 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.

30/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 38 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

28/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

30/100

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.

17082142 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meringue Pie label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 30/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Barcel, potato chips, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …082142 · July 2026

12 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 17082142 · 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: Barcel, potato chips, hot, lim'on-chipotle, hot, lim'on-chipotle · Nearest score peer is Barcel, potato chips, hot, lim'on-chipotle, hot, lim'on-chipotle 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.

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. Meringue Pie: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Meringue Pie30/1002. Barcel, potato chips, hot, lim'on-chipotle, hot, lim'on-chipotle: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Barcel, potato chips, hot…30/1003. Original Beef Stick: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Beef Stick30/1004. Original beef stick meat snacks: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original beef stick meat …30/1005. Jack links meat and cheese jerky snack combo: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Jack links meat and chees…30/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Meringue Pie (30/100 on 38 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Meringue Pie
30/100
Barcel, potato chips, hot, lim'on-chipotle, hot, lim'on-chipotle
30/100
Original Beef Stick
30/100
Original beef stick meat snacks
30/100
Jack links meat and cheese jerky snack combo
30/100

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. Meringue Pie scores 56.1 points below that category average (30/100 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

Meringue Pie lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 38 (89th 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 30/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Water, unbleached wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm and soybean), high fructose corn syrup, coconut (processed with sodium metabisulfite), tapioca starch-modified, contains 2% or less of each of the following: agar, beta carotene (for color), butter (cream, natural flavoring), caramel color, carob bean gum, cellulose gum, corn starch, cream of tartar, egg whites, glucono delta lactone, guar gum, natural and artificial flavors, potassium sorbate (preservative), salt, sodium alum, sodium benzoate (preservative), sodium phosphate, sorbic acid, tapioca dextrin, titanium dioxide (for color), tocopherols (contains milk), turmeric (for color), vanillin, yellow 5, yellow 6.

Other products containing Sodium Alum

Sodium Alum is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Sweet pies Fruit tarts Pies Lemon tarts Lemon meringue pies

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Meringue Pie

Neighbours outside Specialty Bakers Llc in the same lower screening band as Meringue Pie (30/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Specialty Bakers Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meringue Pie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Meringue Pie'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 0077317082142: 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.