Caution

Toasted coconut meltaway egg

by Gardners Candies Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0088671621953 · Gardners Candies Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0088671621953 · Serving size 40 g (40 g)

The verdict

Toasted coconut meltaway egg by Gardners Candies Inc. scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Milk. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 26 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

71621953 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Toasted coconut meltaway egg label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 26% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Mexican street corn · ±0 BOOK-OFF …621953 · July 2026

9 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 71621953 · 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: Mexican street corn Chopped Kit · Nearest score peer is Mexican street corn Chopped Kit 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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. Toasted coconut meltaway egg: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Toasted coconut meltaway …70/1002. Mexican street corn Chopped Kit: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mexican street corn Chopp…70/1003. Naturally flavored mandarin orange sparkling water: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Naturally flavored mandar…70/1004. Lime flavored sparkling water beverage, lime: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lime flavored sparkling w…70/1005. LEMON SPARKLING WATER: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. LEMON SPARKLING WATER70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Toasted coconut meltaway egg (70/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Toasted coconut meltaway egg
70/100
Mexican street corn Chopped Kit
70/100
Naturally flavored mandarin orange sparkling water
70/100
Lime flavored sparkling water beverage, lime
70/100
LEMON SPARKLING WATER
70/100

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. Toasted coconut meltaway egg scores 16.1 points below that category average (70/100 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

Toasted coconut meltaway egg lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 74th percentile a longer ingredient list than 74% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 26 (74th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Milk
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Chocolate Liquor
6
Soy Lecithin - An Emulsifier
7
Vanillin - An Artificial Flavor
8
Toasted Coconut
9
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
10
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
11
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Egg Albumen
14
Gelatinized Wheat Starch
15
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
16
Cream Of Tartar
17
Water
18
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Glycerine
20
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
21
Yellow #5
22
Modified Food Starch
23
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
24
As Preservatives
25
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
26
Vegetable Gums And Citric Acid

Full Ingredient List

Milk chocolate (sugar, milk, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, vanillin - an artificial flavor), toasted coconut (contains sulfites), sugar, dextrose, coconut oil, salt, decorative flower: sugar, dextrose, egg albumen, gelatinized wheat starch, xanthan gum, cream of tartar, water, high fructose corn syrup, glycerine, fd&c red #3, yellow #5, modified food starch, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives), carrageenan, vegetable gums and citric acid.

Other products containing Vegetable Gums And Citric Acid

Vegetable Gums And Citric Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Toasted coconut meltaway egg

Neighbours outside Gardners Candies Inc. near Toasted coconut meltaway egg's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gardners Candies Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Toasted coconut meltaway egg's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Toasted coconut meltaway egg's 2 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 0088671621953: 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.