Monster granola bars, monster
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239145203 · Target Brands Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Monster granola bars, monster by Target Brands Inc. scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Granola, Organic Whole Rolled Oats, 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.
- 0/100
- Avoid safety score
- 5
- Many flagged · of 42 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
13/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
0/100
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.
39145203 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Monster granola bars, monster label screening desk
13 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 39145203 · 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: Market pantry, zoo shapes swift mac, macaroni & cheese cups · Nearest score peer is Market pantry, zoo shapes swift mac, macaroni & cheese cups 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.
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
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. Monster granola bars, monster 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
Monster granola bars, monster lists 42 ingredients on its label
42 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 81,477 products we track
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
- 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 (5 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Granola (whole rolled oats, sugar, rice flour, canola oil [ascorbic acid - a preservative, rosemary extract], molasses, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate, salt), corn syrup, raisins (raisins, sunflower oil), crisp rice (rice flour, sugar, calcium carbonate, dried malt extract [corn syrup solids, barley malt extract], salt), peanuts, mini colored chocolate (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, dry whole milk, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor], sugar, color [red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 2, blue 1], gum arabic, corn syrup, carnauba wax, shellac, beeswax), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla extract), glycerin, canola oil (ascorbic acid - a preservative, rosemary extract), fructose, honey, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, soy lecithin, salt, wheat flakes.
Categories
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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Monster granola bars, monster
Neighbours outside Target Brands Inc. in the same lower screening band as Monster granola bars, monster (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Brands Inc.; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (5 flagged of 42 on 0085239145203).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (42 on 0085239145203).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Monster granola bars, monster's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
- Compare Monster granola bars, monster's 5 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 0085239145203: 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.