Concern

Caramel Swirl Bars

by Breyers

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077567003607 · Breyers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077567003607 · Serving size 1 bar (51 g)

The verdict

Caramel Swirl Bars by Breyers scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Skim Milk, Water, Maltitol Syrup. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0077567003607
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

67003607 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel Swirl Bars label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Polydextrose PHOTO-FINISH Popsicle, Sour Patch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003607 · July 2026

12 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polydextrose). Source sheet 67003607 · 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: Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Raspberry Flavored Frozen Confection With Other Natural Flavors · Nearest score peer is Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Raspberry Flavored Frozen Confection With Other Natural Flavors 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Caramel Swirl Bars: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel Swirl Bars65/1002. Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Raspberry Flavored Frozen Confection With Other Natural Flavors: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids…65/1003. Popsicle, Hello Kitty, Strawberry And Cherry Frozen Confection Naturally And Artificially Flavored: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Popsicle, Hello Kitty, St…65/1004. Vanilla Frozen Dairy Dessert: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vanilla Frozen Dairy Dess…65/1005. Shots micro sized ice beads: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Shots micro sized ice bea…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Caramel Swirl Bars (65/100 on 25 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Caramel Swirl Bars
65/100
Popsicle, Sour Patch Kids, Raspberry Flavored Frozen Confection With Other Natural Flavors
65/100
Popsicle, Hello Kitty, Strawberry And Cherry Frozen Confection Naturally And Artificially Flavored
65/100
Vanilla Frozen Dairy Dessert
65/100
Shots micro sized ice beads
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Caramel Swirl Bars lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 25 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Water
3
Maltitol Syrup
4
Polydextrose
FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back Approved
5
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
6
Cream
7
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
8
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
10
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Soluble Corn Fiber
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Caramelized Sugar Syrup
14
Mono And Diglycerides
15
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
16
For Color
17
Guar Gum
18
Corn Starch
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
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
21
Tara Gum
22
Carob Bean Gum
23
Natural Flavor
24
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
25
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved

Full Ingredient List

skim milk, water, maltitol syrup, polydextrose, coconut oil, cream, corn syrup, whey, glycerin, fructose, soluble corn fiber, sugar, caramelized sugar syrup, mono and diglycerides, caramel (for color), guar gum, modified corn starch, salt, carrageenan, tara gum, carob bean gum, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, sucralose

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel Swirl Bars

Neighbours outside Breyers near Caramel Swirl Bars's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Breyers; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polydextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramel Swirl Bars's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polydextrose. Open Polydextrose
  • Compare Caramel Swirl Bars'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 0077567003607: 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.