Concern

Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel

by Archer Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239176955 · Archer Farms · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239176955 · Serving size 5 PIECES (43 g)

The verdict

Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel by Archer Farms scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 40-component record, beginning with Dark Chocolate, Sugar, Chocolate Liquor Processed With Alkali. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

39176955 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Light nonfat yogurt · ±0 BOOK-OFF …176955 · July 2026

13 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 39176955 · 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: Light nonfat yogurt · Nearest score peer is Light nonfat yogurt at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Archer farms, crisp rice …65/1002. Light nonfat yogurt: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Light nonfat yogurt65/1003. Sugar Free Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free Syrup65/1004. Ice cream & nonfat sherbet: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice cream & nonfat sherbet65/1005. Ice cream: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel (65/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel
65/100
Light nonfat yogurt
65/100
Sugar Free Syrup
65/100
Ice cream & nonfat sherbet
65/100
Ice cream
65/100

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. Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel scores 21.1 points below that category average (65/100 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

Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dark Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Chocolate Liquor Processed With Alkali
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Milk Fat
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Vanilla
8
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
9
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
10
Palm Oil
11
Sweetened Condensed Milk
12
Milk
13
Evaporated Milk
14
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
16
Vitamin D3
17
Natural Flavor
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Marshmallow Creme
20
Egg Whites
21
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
22
Cream Of Tartar
23
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
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Marshmallow
26
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
27
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
28
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
29
Crisp Rice
30
Rice Flour
31
Sugar Barley Malt Extract
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Distilled Monoglycerides
34
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
35
Cottonseed And Soybean
36
Organic Rice Extract
37
Butter
38
Cream
39
White Chocolate
40
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla), caramel (corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], evaporated milk [milk, dipotassium phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3], natural flavor, vanilla, caramel color), marshmallow creme (corn syrup, sugar, egg whites, vanillin, cream of tartar, xanthan gum, blue 1), marshmallow (corn syrup, modified cornstarch, sugar, gelatin, tetrasodium pyrophosphate), crisp rice (rice flour, sugar barley malt extract, salt, distilled monoglycerides, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and soybean], rice extract), butter (cream, salt) white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, soy lecithin, vanilla), sea salt.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel

Neighbours outside Archer Farms near Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Archer Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Archer farms, crisp rice marshmallow bites, dark chocolate sea salt caramel's 3 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 0085239176955: 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.