Safe

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate

by Asher's Chocolate Co

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0089449005111 · Asher's Chocolate Co · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0089449005111 · Serving size 3 Pieces (44 g)

The verdict

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate by Asher's Chocolate Co scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 23 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 23-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Cherries, Glucose - Fructose Syrup. 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 23 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

49005111 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 23 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-RARE Calcium Carbonate PHOTO-FINISH Milk Chocolate Covered · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005111 · July 2026

8 of 23 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Carbonate). Source sheet 49005111 · 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 Pretzel Bites · Nearest score peer is Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bites 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.

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. Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Milk Chocolate Cherry Cor…100/1002. Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Milk Chocolate Covered Pr…100/1003. Milk Chocolate Coated Peanut Smoothie: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Milk Chocolate Coated Pea…100/1004. Pretzels: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pretzels100/1005. Chocolates: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chocolates100/100
High-band neighbours for Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate (100/100) outside Asher's Chocolate Co.
Chart values as text

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

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate
100/100
Milk Chocolate Covered Pretzel Bites
100/100
Milk Chocolate Coated Peanut Smoothie
100/100
Pretzels
100/100
Chocolates
100/100

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. Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate lists 23 ingredients on its label

23 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 23 (67th 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Cherries
3
Glucose - Fructose Syrup
4
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
5
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
6
Firming Agent
7
Cocoa Butter
8
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
9
Milk
10
Chocolate Liquor
11
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Organic Invert Syrup
13
Soya Lecithin
14
Emulsifier
15
Nonfat Milk
16
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
17
Vanilla Extract
18
Natural And Artificial Flavor
19
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
21
Sulphur Dioxide
22
Preservatives
23
Red #40

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, Cherries [Glucose - Fructose Syrup, Calcium Chloride And/Or Calcium Carbonate (A Firming Agent)], Cocoa Butter, Corn Syrup, Milk, Chocolate Liquor, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains 0.5% Or Less Of The Following: Invert Syrup, Soya Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Nonfat Milk, Citric Acid, Vanilla Extract, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sulphur Dioxide (Preservatives), Red #40.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate

Neighbours outside Asher's Chocolate Co with screening scores in the same high band as Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Asher's Chocolate Co; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Milk Chocolate Cherry Cordials, Milk Chocolate has a longer ingredient list than 67% of its Snacks 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 0089449005111: 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.