Avoid

Caramel Cashew

by Favorite Day

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239929926 · Favorite Day · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239929926 · Serving size 40g

The verdict

Caramel Cashew by Favorite Day scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 9 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Peanuts, M&m's® Milk Chocolate Candies, Milk Chocolate. 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
9
Many flagged · of 59 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.

39929926 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel Cashew label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 9 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Milk Chocolate Covered · ±0 BOOK-OFF …929926 · July 2026

16 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 39929926 · 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: Milk Chocolate Covered Sandwich Cookies With Festive Sprinkles · Nearest score peer is Milk Chocolate Covered Sandwich Cookies With Festive Sprinkles 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.

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. Caramel Cashew: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel Cashew0/1002. Milk Chocolate Covered Sandwich Cookies With Festive Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Milk Chocolate Covered Sa…0/1003. White Fudge Covered Cookies With Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. White Fudge Covered Cooki…0/1004. Frosted Oat Cereal Bites With Marshmallows: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Oat Cereal Bites …0/1005. Market pantry, swift macaroni & cheese cups: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Market pantry, swift maca…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Caramel Cashew (0/100 on 59 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Caramel Cashew
0/100
Milk Chocolate Covered Sandwich Cookies With Festive Sprinkles
0/100
White Fudge Covered Cookies With Sprinkles
0/100
Frosted Oat Cereal Bites With Marshmallows
0/100
Market pantry, swift macaroni & cheese cups
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. Caramel Cashew 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Caramel Cashew lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 (9 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Peanuts
2
M&m's® Milk Chocolate Candies
3
Milk Chocolate
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Natural Chocolate
6
Skim Milk
7
Cocoa Butter
8
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
9
Milkfat
10
Soy Lecithin
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Natural Flavor
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
Colors
17
Includes Blue 1 Lake
18
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
22
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Carnauba Wax
28
Gum Acacia
29
Cashews
30
Milk Chocolate Caramel Balls
31
Milk
32
Chocolate Liquor
33
Nonfat Milk
34
Glucose Syrup
35
Palm Kernel Oil And Palm Oil
36
Milk Solids
37
Butter
38
Cream
39
Tapioca Dextrin
40
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
41
Confectioner's Glaze
42
Sunflower Lecithin
43
Milk Chocolate Caramel Cups
44
Sweetened Condensed Milk
45
Heavy Cream
46
Natural Flavors
47
Vanilla Flavor
48
Brown Sugar
49
Rice Concentrate
50
Vegetable Oil
51
Peanut
52
Cottonseed
53
Soybean
54
Organic Sunflower
55
Soy
56
And Cashew Processed In A Facility That Also Handles Egg
57
Sesame
58
Other Tree Nut
59
Wheat Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

Peanuts, M&M's® milk chocolate candies (milk chocolate [sugar, chocolate, skim milk, cocoa butter, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor], sugar, cornstarch, less than 1% of: corn syrup, dextrin, colors [includes blue 1 lake, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 2], carnauba wax, gum acacia), cashews, milk chocolate caramel balls (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate liquor, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, natural flavor], sugar, glucose syrup, palm kernel oil and palm oil, milk solids, butter [cream, salt], tapioca dextrin, sea salt, confectioner's glaze, sunflower lecithin), milk chocolate caramel cups (sugar, cocoa butter, corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], chocolate liquor, milk, heavy cream, butter [cream, salt], natural flavors, soy lecithin, sea salt, natural vanilla flavor, brown sugar, rice concentrate, nonfat milk), vegetable oil (peanut, cottonseed, soybean and/or sunflower), sea salt. Contains milk, peanut, soy, and cashew processed in a facility that also handles egg, sesame, other tree nut, and wheat ingredients.

Other products containing Milk Chocolate Caramel Cups

Milk Chocolate Caramel Cups is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Mixed nuts and dried fruits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel Cashew

Neighbours outside Favorite Day in the same lower screening band as Caramel Cashew (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 Caramel Cashew's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Caramel Cashew's 9 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 0085239929926: 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.