Danish snails
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Danish snails receives a safety score of 75/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Danish snails carries a composite safety score of 75/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Danish snails is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 75/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
since 1929 hays market family owned , operated for 4 genepations 201 johnstown center dr, johnstoun, co 0534 (970) 587-4658 danish snails 3 ingred ients: enriched bromated wheat flour ( bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, iron, niacin, potassium bromate, thiamine mononi trate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable margar ine (soybean dil, fully hydrogenated soybean 0il, water, salt, mono and diglycerides, colored with annatto and turmeric calcium disod ium edta added as a preseruative artificial butter flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), pasteurized whole eg55, veast vegetable shortening (50vbean 0il, fully hydrogenated soybean 0il), sugar, dextrose, sweet dairy whey (milk), soy flour, salt, pre - gelatinized wheat starch, mono and diglycerides with citric acid (added as an antioxidant), leaven ing (baking soda, sod1um ac!d pyrophosphate), pasteur ized non-fat dry milk, potato flour, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, pasteurized egg yolk sol ids (egg yolk solids, 50dium silico aluminate i processing aid)), natural and artificial flavors (milk), ascorbic acid, colored with annatto and turmeric oleoresins, dough conditioner (calcium sulfate, potasstum bromate, tricalcium phosphate, magnesium carbonate) sell by packed on feb 23/20 feb/20/20 1 pc
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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