Safe

Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled

by Great Value

Scores 95/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 1 flagged ingredient identified.

Barcode 0078742122335 · Serving size 1 MUFFIN (113 g)

The verdict

Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled by Great Value scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Sugar, High-fructose corn syrup, Enriched Wheat Flour. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
flagged ingredient of 47 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.

What the Data Says About Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled

Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled by Great Value carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework.

Of the 47 ingredients parsed from this label, 18 are covered by a regulator or watchdog we screen against (Dextrin, Invert Sugar, Sodium stearoyl lactylate and 15 others), with 14 carrying an FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) status and 10 a CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating. The remaining 29 ingredients appear in neither registry, so they neither raise nor lower the score. Each additive rated caution-or-worse penalizes the composite. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. This score is a transparent derived index we compute from that public data, not an official FDA rating or endorsement; see the Methodology page for the exact weighting.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product, components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

How the three scores on this page were derived

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.

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.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 95/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score E OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

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. Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 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

Great value, muffins, triple chocolate filled lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 272 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,904 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,228 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,399 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,484 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,797 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,263 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,708 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,234 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,191 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,484 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,818 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,579 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,824 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,271 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,916 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,736 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,564 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,434 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,291 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,080 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: 47 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
272 products (0%)
2–4
2,904 products (4%)
4–6
4,228 products (5%)
6–8
5,399 products (7%)
8–10
5,484 products (7%)
10–12
5,797 products (7%)
12–14
6,263 products (8%)
14–16
6,708 products (8%)
16–18
6,234 products (8%)
18–20
5,191 products (6%)
20–22
4,484 products (6%)
22–24
3,818 products (5%)
24–26
3,579 products (4%)
26–28
2,824 products (3%)
28–30
2,271 products (3%)
30–32
1,916 products (2%)
32–34
1,736 products (2%)
34–36
1,564 products (2%)
36–38
1,434 products (2%)
38–40
1,291 products (2%)
40 and above
8,080 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Flour
5
Malted Barley Flour
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Iron
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Water
12
Soybean Oil
13
Eggs
14
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
15
Organic Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
16
Chocolate Liquor
17
Cocoa Butter
18
Soy Lecithin
19
Vanilla Extract
20
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
21
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Food Starch-modified
23
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
24
Soybean
25
Cottonseed Oil
26
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
27
Leavening
28
Baking Soda
29
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
30
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
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
32
Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fatty Acids
33
Sodium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate
34
As Preservatives
35
Mono And Diglycerides
36
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
37
Natural And Artificial Flavor
38
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
39
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
40
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
41
Arabic Gum
42
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
43
Tricalcium Phosphate
44
Egg Yolk
45
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
46
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
47
Dough Conditioner

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, high fructose corn syrup, enriched wheat flour (flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, glycerin, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), cocoa processed with alkali, invert sugar, food starch-modified, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed oil), whey, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, dextrose, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, sodium propionate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives), mono and diglycerides, dextrin, natural and artificial flavor, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cornstarch, xanthan gum, soy lecithin, arabic gum, citric acid, tricalcium phosphate, egg yolk, caramel color, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Pastries

Data Sources

Data as of July 2026. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

Product data from Open Food Facts; additive safety from the FDA SAFFA inventory and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details. Compiled by PlainFoodSafe

Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Product figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, and CSPI Chemical Cuisine data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.

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