Caution

Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk

by Quaker

Open Food Facts label for barcode 03034402 · Quaker · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 03034402 · Serving size 1 BAR (40 g)

The verdict

Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk by Quaker scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Granola, Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Brown Sugar. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

03034402 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Virginia Brand Ham · ±0 BOOK-OFF …034402 · July 2026

14 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 03034402 · 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: Virginia Brand Ham With Natural Juices, Virginia Brand · Nearest score peer is Virginia Brand Ham With Natural Juices, Virginia Brand 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Quaker Chewy Granola Bar …80/1002. Virginia Brand Ham With Natural Juices, Virginia Brand: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Virginia Brand Ham With N…80/1003. Sugar Free BBQ sauce Sweet & Spicy: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free BBQ sauce Swee…80/1004. Root beer drink mix packets: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Root beer drink mix packe…80/1005. PICS Lite Ranch: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. PICS Lite Ranch80/100
High-band neighbours for Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk (80/100) outside Quaker.
Chart values as text

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

Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk
80/100
Virginia Brand Ham With Natural Juices, Virginia Brand
80/100
Sugar Free BBQ sauce Sweet & Spicy
80/100
Root beer drink mix packets
80/100
PICS Lite Ranch
80/100

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. Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk scores 6.1 points below that category average (80/100 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

Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (86th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Granola
2
Whole Grain Rolled Oats
3
Brown Sugar
4
Brown Rice Crisp
5
Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Whole Grain Rolled Wheat
9
Soybean Oil
10
Whole Wheat Flour
11
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
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Nonfat Dry Milk
14
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
15
Semisweet Chocolate Chunks
16
Chocolate Liquor
17
Cocoa Butter
18
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
19
Artificial Flavor
20
Corn Syrup Solids
21
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
22
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
23
Or Less Of Soybean Oil
24
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
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
26
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Water
28
Coconut Paste
29
Molasses
30
Natural And Artificial Flavor
31
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
32
BHT
Caution GRAS
33
Preservative
34
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
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

Full Ingredient List

Granola (whole grain rolled oats, brown sugar, brown rice crisp [whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt], whole grain rolled wheat, soybean oil, whole wheat flour, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, nonfat dry milk), corn syrup, brown rice crisp (whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt), semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin [artificial flavor]), sugar, corn syrup solids, glycerin, invert sugar. contains 2% or less of soybean oil, fructose, calcium carbonate, sorbitol, salt, water, soy lecithin, coconut paste, molasses, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, bht (preservative), tocopherols (preservative), citric acid.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk

Neighbours outside Quaker with screening scores in the same high band as Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Quaker; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Quaker Chewy Granola Bar - Chocolate Chunk'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 03034402: 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.