Avoid

Heart Shortbread Cookies

by Favorite Day

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239000045 · Favorite Day · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239000045 · Serving size 1 COOKIE (30 g)

The verdict

Heart Shortbread Cookies by Favorite Day scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 11 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Enriched Beached Wheat Flour, 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
11
Many flagged · of 34 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

39000045 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Heart Shortbread Cookies label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 11 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-MOST 62% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Monster Trail Mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000045 · July 2026

21 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 39000045 · 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: Monster Trail Mix · Nearest score peer is Monster Trail Mix 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.

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. Heart Shortbread Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Heart Shortbread Cookies0/1002. Monster Trail Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Monster Trail Mix0/1003. Spring Monster Trail Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Spring Monster Trail Mix0/1004. Trail mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Trail mix0/1005. Birthday cake chocolate sandwich cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Birthday cake chocolate s…0/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Heart Shortbread Cookies's 0/100 while 32% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Heart Shortbread Cookies
0/100
Monster Trail Mix
0/100
Spring Monster Trail Mix
0/100
Trail mix
0/100
Birthday cake chocolate sandwich cookies
0/100

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. Heart Shortbread Cookies scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Heart Shortbread Cookies lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 34 (85th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (11 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Beached Wheat Flour
2
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
Palm Oil
10
Natural & Artificial Flavors
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Leavening
13
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Baking Soda
15
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
16
Color
17
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
22
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Soy Lecithin
29
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
30
Eggs
31
Confectioner's Glaze
32
Lac Resin
33
Carnauba Wax
34
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

Full Ingredient List

Enriched beached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, contains 2% or less of: natural & artificial flavors, salt, leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda), annatto (color), blue 1, blue 1 lake, blue 2, blue 2 lake, red 3, red 40, red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake, soy lecithin, whey, eggs, confectioner's glaze (lac resin), carnauba wax, corn syrup.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Heart Shortbread Cookies

Neighbours outside Favorite Day in the same lower screening band as Heart Shortbread Cookies (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Favorite Day; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Heart Shortbread Cookies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Heart Shortbread Cookies's 11 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 0085239000045: 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.