Safe

Pancake & Waffle Mix

by Archer Frams

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239317815 · Archer Frams · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239317815 · Serving size 50 g (0.111 DRY MIX)

The verdict

Pancake & Waffle Mix by Archer Frams scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Enzymes. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 20 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0085239317815
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

39317815 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pancake & Waffle Mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 31% LEAD-RARE Niacin PHOTO-FINISH Variety Pack Cookie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …317815 · July 2026

4 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Niacin). Source sheet 39317815 · 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: Variety Pack Cookie Double Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Variety Pack Cookie Double Chocolate 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Pancake & Waffle Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pancake & Waffle Mix100/1002. Variety Pack Cookie Double Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Variety Pack Cookie Doubl…100/1003. chocolate chip cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. chocolate chip cookies100/1004. sweet & salty kettle corn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. sweet & salty kettle corn100/1005. Strawberry fruit strip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Strawberry fruit strip100/100
High-band neighbours for Pancake & Waffle Mix (100/100) outside Archer Frams.
Chart values as text

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

Pancake & Waffle Mix
100/100
Variety Pack Cookie Double Chocolate
100/100
chocolate chip cookies
100/100
sweet & salty kettle corn
100/100
Strawberry fruit strip
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Pancake & Waffle Mix scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Cooking helpers products

Pancake & Waffle Mix lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 69th percentile a longer ingredient list than 69% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Above this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 20 (69th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

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 1,898 Cooking helpers products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, enzymes, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chai mix (black tea, spices (cardamom, cinnamon, and cloves), natural flavors, soybean oil [processing aid]), baking powder (sodium aci

Categories

Cooking helpers Dessert mixes Pancake mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pancake & Waffle Mix

Neighbours outside Archer Frams with screening scores in the same high band as Pancake & Waffle Mix (100/100 here). No other Archer Frams products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pancake & Waffle Mix has a longer ingredient list than 69% of its Cooking helpers 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 0085239317815: 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.