Safe

Belgian Cookies

by bettergoods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0194346520626 · bettergoods · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0194346520626 · Serving size 31g

The verdict

Belgian Cookies by bettergoods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Sugar, Vanilla Flavored Dark 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 45 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.

46520626 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Belgian Cookies label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Invert Sugar Syrup PHOTO-FINISH Ground Beef and · ±0 BOOK-OFF …520626 · July 2026

10 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar Syrup). Source sheet 46520626 · 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: Ground Beef and Pork Blend · Nearest score peer is Ground Beef and Pork Blend 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.

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. Belgian Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Belgian Cookies100/1002. Ground Beef and Pork Blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ground Beef and Pork Blend100/1003. Uncured Bacon Thick Cut: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Uncured Bacon Thick Cut100/1004. Spanish Style 90 Second Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spanish Style 90 Second R…100/1005. Long Grain & Wild Rice Seasoned 90 Second Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Long Grain & Wild Rice Se…100/100
High-band neighbours for Belgian Cookies (100/100) outside bettergoods.
Chart values as text

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

Belgian Cookies
100/100
Ground Beef and Pork Blend
100/100
Uncured Bacon Thick Cut
100/100
Spanish Style 90 Second Rice
100/100
Long Grain & Wild Rice Seasoned 90 Second Rice
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. Belgian Cookies 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

Belgian Cookies lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 45 (93rd 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
Wheat Flour
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Vanilla Flavored Dark Chocolate
4
Chocolate Liquor
5
Cocoa Butter
6
Milk Solids
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Vanilla Flavor
9
Vegetable Fats And Oils
10
Palm Fat
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
Canola Oil
13
Palm Kernel Oil
14
Milk Chocolate
15
Dry Whole Milk
16
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
17
Vanilla Flavored White Chocolate
18
Eggs
19
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
20
Butter
21
Soy Flour
22
Puffed Rice
23
Rice Flour
24
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Wheat Malt
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
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
28
Egg Whites
29
Organic Cocoa
30
Leavening
31
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
32
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Disodium Dihydrogen Diphosphate
34
Nonfat Dry Milk
35
Organic Coconut
36
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Natural Coffee Flavor
38
Natural Flavors
39
Cinnamon
40
Sunflower Lecithin
41
Vanilla Extract
42
Milk
43
Eggs
44
Wheat
45
Soy. May Contain Almonds

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour, sugar, vanilla flavored dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk solids, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), vegetable fats and oils (palm fat, coconut oil, canola oil, palm kernel oil), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, dry whole milk, chocolate liquor, lactose, soy lecithin), vanilla flavored white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, dry whole milk, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), dried eggs, invert sugar syrup, butter, soy flour, puffed rice (rice flour, wheat gluten, wheat malt, salt, sugar, dextrose), dextrose, dried egg whites, cocoa, salt, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, disodium dihydrogen diphosphate), nonfat dry milk, coconut, wheat starch, natural coffee flavor, natural flavors, dry whole milk, cinnamon, sunflower lecithin, vanilla extract. Contains milk, eggs, wheat, and soy. May contain almonds.

Other products containing Soy. May Contain Almonds

Soy. May Contain Almonds is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits and crackers Biscuits

High-score cross-brand comparables for Belgian Cookies

Neighbours outside bettergoods with screening scores in the same high band as Belgian Cookies (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within bettergoods; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Belgian Cookies has a longer ingredient list than 93% 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 0194346520626: 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.