Safe

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins

by The Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742111926 · The Bakery · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742111926 · Serving size 1 MUFFIN (99 g)

The verdict

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins by The Bakery scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 54-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 54 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

42111926 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Sodium stearoyl lactylate PHOTO-FINISH Lemon raspberry filled · ±0 BOOK-OFF …111926 · July 2026

16 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium stearoyl lactylate). Source sheet 42111926 · 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: Lemon raspberry filled muffins, lemon raspberry · Nearest score peer is Lemon raspberry filled muffins, lemon raspberry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Apple Caramel Filled Muffins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Apple Caramel Filled Muff…100/1002. Lemon raspberry filled muffins, lemon raspberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lemon raspberry filled mu…100/1003. Sliced Strawberries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sliced Strawberries100/1004. MESQUITE GRILLED CHICKEN FILLETS: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. MESQUITE GRILLED CHICKEN …100/1005. Sausage: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sausage100/100
High-band neighbours for Apple Caramel Filled Muffins (100/100) outside The Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins
100/100
Lemon raspberry filled muffins, lemon raspberry
100/100
Sliced Strawberries
100/100
MESQUITE GRILLED CHICKEN FILLETS
100/100
Sausage
100/100

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. Apple Caramel Filled Muffins scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 54 (97th 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

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Soybean
10
Canola Oil
11
Apples
12
Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid To Promote Color Retention
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Eggs
15
Caramel Filling
16
Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk
17
Condensed Skim Milk
18
Water
19
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
20
Nonfat Dry Milk
21
Sodium Alginate
22
Microcrystalline Cellulose
23
Cellulose Gum
24
Mono - And Diglycerides
25
Sodium Phosphate
26
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Preservative
28
Soy Lecithin
29
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
30
Buttermilk
31
Part-skim Milk
32
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Sodium Citrate
34
Bacterial Culture
35
Brown Sugar
36
Margarine
37
Soybean Oil
38
Palm Oil
39
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
40
Milk
41
Monoglycerides Of Fatty Acids
42
Natural Flavor
43
Annatto Extract Color
44
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
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
46
Vitamin D3
47
Leavening
48
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
49
Monocalcium Phosphate
50
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
51
Spice
52
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
53
Natural And Artificial Flavor
54
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, soybean and/or canola oil, apples (apples, ascorbic acid and citric acid to promote color retention, salt), eggs, caramel filling (sweetened condensed skim milk [condensed skim milk, sugar], sugar, water, corn syrup, nonfat dry milk, canola oil, sodium alginate, salt, microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose gum, mono - and diglycerides, sodium phosphate, potassium sorbate [preservative], soy lecithin, sodium bicarbonate), water, buttermilk (part-skim milk, sea salt, sodium citrate, bacterial culture), brown sugar, margarine (soybean oil, modified palm oil, canola oil, water, salt, whey [milk], soy lecithin, monoglycerides of fatty acids, natural flavor, annatto extract color, vitamin a palmitate, citric acid, vitamin d3), whey (milk), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, salt, mono - and diglycerides, spice, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, citric acid.

Other products containing Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid To Promote Color Retention

Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid To Promote Color Retention is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 18 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Apple Caramel Filled Muffins

Neighbours outside The Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Apple Caramel Filled Muffins (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Bakery; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Apple Caramel Filled Muffins has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0078742111926: 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.