Avoid

Wegmans, pfeffernusse

by Wegmans

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077890389850 · Wegmans · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077890389850 · Serving size 3 COOKIES (28 g)

The verdict

Wegmans, pfeffernusse by Wegmans scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Honey, 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 40 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

90389850 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Wegmans, pfeffernusse label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Smarties Candy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …389850 · July 2026

17 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 90389850 · 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: Smarties Candy · Nearest score peer is Smarties Candy 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

1. Wegmans, pfeffernusse: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Wegmans, pfeffernusse10/1002. Smarties Candy: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smarties Candy10/1003. Southern home, sour neon warms candy: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Southern home, sour neon …10/1004. Marich, Christmas Chocolate Almonds: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Marich, Christmas Chocola…10/1005. Toaster pastries, frosted chocolatey caramel: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Toaster pastries, frosted…10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Wegmans, pfeffernusse (10/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Wegmans, pfeffernusse
10/100
Smarties Candy
10/100
Southern home, sour neon warms candy
10/100
Marich, Christmas Chocolate Almonds
10/100
Toaster pastries, frosted chocolatey caramel
10/100

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. Wegmans, pfeffernusse scores 76.1 points below that category average (10/100 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

Wegmans, pfeffernusse lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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

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: 40 (90th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Wheat Flour
2
Honey
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
5
Water
6
Brown Sugar
7
Raisins
8
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
9
Eggs
10
Vegetable Oils
11
Canola
12
Palm &/Or Palm Kernel
13
Nonfat Milk
14
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
15
Orange Peel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
16
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
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
18
Baking Soda
19
Leavening
20
Cinnamon
21
Lemon Peel
22
Cherries
23
Anise Extract
24
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
For Color
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Natural & Artificial Flavor
28
Pineapple
29
Anise Oil
30
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Preservatives
32
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
33
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
34
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
35
Soy Flour
36
Artificial Color
37
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
40
Sulfur Dioxide
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour, honey, sugar, dextrose, water, brown sugar, raisins, corn syrup, eggs, vegetable oils (canola, palm &/or palm kernel), 2% or less of each: nonfat milk, invert sugar, orange peel, cornstarch, whey, baking soda (leavening), cinnamon, lemon peel, cherries, pure anise extract, titanium dioxide (for color), salt, natural & artificial flavor, pineapple, anise oil, high fructose corn syrup, preservatives (citric acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), soy flour, artificial color (fd&c red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), sulfur dioxide.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Wegmans, pfeffernusse

Neighbours outside Wegmans in the same lower screening band as Wegmans, pfeffernusse (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wegmans; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Wegmans, pfeffernusse's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Wegmans, pfeffernusse'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 0077890389850: 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.