Concern

No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate

by Braum's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0400000020440 · Braum's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0400000020440 · Serving size 88g

The verdict

No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate by Braum's scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Fresh Grade &Quot, A&quot, A2 Whole Milk. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00020440 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-FLAG Allulose PHOTO-FINISH Quaker Strawberry Breakfast · ±0 BOOK-OFF …020440 · July 2026

14 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Allulose). Source sheet 00020440 · 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: Quaker Strawberry Breakfast Shake (4-11.1 Fl Oz) 44.4 Fluid Ounce 4 Pack Plastic Bottles · Nearest score peer is Quaker Strawberry Breakfast Shake (4-11.1 Fl Oz) 44.4 Fluid Ounce 4 Pack Plastic Bottles at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. No Sugar Added Cherry Chu…55/1002. Quaker Strawberry Breakfast Shake (4-11.1 Fl Oz) 44.4 Fluid Ounce 4 Pack Plastic Bottles: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Quaker Strawberry Breakfa…55/1003. Diet mtn dew: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Diet mtn dew55/1004. Bubble Gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bubble Gum55/1005. Winterfrost sugar free gum, 60 peices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Winterfrost sugar free gu…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate (55/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate
55/100
Quaker Strawberry Breakfast Shake (4-11.1 Fl Oz) 44.4 Fluid Ounce 4 Pack Plastic Bottles
55/100
Diet mtn dew
55/100
Bubble Gum
55/100
Winterfrost sugar free gum, 60 peices
55/100

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. No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate scores 31.1 points below that category average (55/100 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

No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 33 (84th 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fresh Grade &Quot
2
A&quot
3
A2 Whole Milk
4
Sugar Free Cherries
5
Cherries
6
Water
7
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
9
Modified Food Starch
10
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
11
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
12
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
13
Natural & Artificial Flavors
14
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Sweetener & Stabilizer Blend
17
Chicory Root Fiber
18
Allulose
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Mono & Diglycerides
20
Guar Gum
21
Locust Bean Gum
22
Monk fruit extract
Sweetener
Caution
23
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
24
No Sugar Added Milk Chocolate Flake
25
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
26
Organic Cocoa
27
Erythritol
Sweetener
Safe
28
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
29
Cream
30
Egg Yolks
31
Dutch Cocoa Powder
32
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
33
Vanilla

Full Ingredient List

FRESH GRADE "A" A2 WHOLE MILK, SUGAR FREE CHERRIES (CHERRIES, WATER, SORBITOL, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, FD&C RED #40, ACESULFAME K), SWEETENER & STABILIZER BLEND (CHICORY ROOT FIBER, ALLULOSE, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, CARRAGEENAN), NO SUGAR ADDED MILK CHOCOLATE FLAKE (COCONUT OIL, COCOA, ERYTHRITOL, LECITHIN), CREAM, EGG YOLKS, DUTCH COCOA POWDER, GLYCERIN, PURE VANILLA.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Chocolates

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate

Neighbours outside Braum's near No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Braum's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Allulose is the first flagged ingredient selected from No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Allulose. Open Allulose
  • Compare No Sugar Added Cherry Chunky Chocolate's 3 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 0400000020440: 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.