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Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies

by Brookshire's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0092825111535 · Brookshire's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0092825111535 · Serving size 2 COOKIES (33 g)

The verdict

Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies by Brookshire's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 8 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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
8
Many flagged · of 42 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.

25111535 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 8 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Tortilla Chips · ±0 BOOK-OFF …111535 · July 2026

19 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 25111535 · 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: Tortilla Chips · Nearest score peer is Tortilla Chips 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. Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Brookshire's, candy gem c…0/1002. Tortilla Chips: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Tortilla Chips0/1003. Really creamy ice cream: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Really creamy ice cream0/1004. Miravalle, Lunetas: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Miravalle, Lunetas0/1005. Miravalle, Sour Worms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Miravalle, Sour Worms0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies (0/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies
0/100
Tortilla Chips
0/100
Really creamy ice cream
0/100
Miravalle, Lunetas
0/100
Miravalle, Sour Worms
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. Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies 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 Snacks products

Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 42 (91st 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (8 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Vegetable Oil
9
Canola Oil
10
Corn Oil
11
Palm
12
Oil
13
Soybean Oil
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Candy Drops
16
Palm Oil
17
Organic Cocoa
18
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
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Artificial Coloring
21
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
23
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
27
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Carnauba Wax
29
Confectioner's Glaze
30
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
31
Natural Chocolate
32
Cocoa Butter
33
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
34
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Leavening
36
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
37
Monocalcium Phosphate
38
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
40
Artificial Flavor
41
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
42
Emulsifier

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, palm, oil, soybean oil), sugar, candy drops (sugar, palm oil, cocoa, cocoa [processed with alkali], dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial coloring [yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40 lake, red 3, blue 2 lake] carnauba wax, confectioner's glaze), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, vanillin), high fructose corn syrup, leavening (sodium bicarbonate,monocalcium phosphate, ammonium bicarbonate), salt, artificial flavor, caramel color, soy lecithin (emulsifier).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies

Neighbours outside Brookshire's in the same lower screening band as Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Brookshire's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Brookshire's, candy gem chocolate chip cookies's 8 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 0092825111535: 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.