Safe

Nutrition bars

by Zone Perfect

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0638102204721 · Zone Perfect · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0638102204721 · Serving size 1 BAR (50 g)

The verdict

Nutrition bars by Zone Perfect scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Soy Protein Nuggets, Isolated soy protein, Tapioca Starch. 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 61 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.

02204721 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nutrition bars label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Ferrous Fumarate PHOTO-FINISH Nutrition Bars · ±0 BOOK-OFF …204721 · July 2026

19 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ferrous Fumarate). Source sheet 02204721 · 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: Nutrition Bars · Nearest score peer is Nutrition Bars 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. Nutrition bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nutrition bars100/1002. Nutrition Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nutrition Bars100/1003. Chocolate Almond Raisin: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate Almond Raisin100/1004. Nutrition bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nutrition bar100/1005. Thai peanut sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Thai peanut sauce100/100
High-band neighbours for Nutrition bars (100/100) outside Zone Perfect.
Chart values as text

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

Nutrition bars
100/100
Nutrition Bars
100/100
Chocolate Almond Raisin
100/100
Nutrition bar
100/100
Thai peanut sauce
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. Nutrition bars 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

Nutrition bars lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 61 (99th 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
Soy Protein Nuggets
2
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Chocolate Flavored Coating
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
8
Cocoa Powder
9
Whey Powder
10
Nonfat Milk Powder
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Vanilla
13
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
14
Milk Chocolate Drops
15
Whole Milk Powder
16
Chocolate Liquor
17
Cocoa Butter
18
Milk Fat
19
Vanilla Flavor
20
Marshmallow Pieces
21
Corn Starch
22
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Soybean Oil
24
Corn Syrup Solids
25
Natural Flavors
26
Fructooligosaccharides
27
Milk Protein Isolate
28
Organic High Oleic Safflower Oil
29
Glycerine
30
Natural Flavor
31
Calcium Phosphate
32
Water
33
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
34
Vitamin And Mineral Blend
35
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Vit
37
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
38
Dl-alpha-tocopheryl Acetate
39
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
B3
41
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
B5
44
Ferrous Fumarate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
45
Iron
46
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
B6
48
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
B2
51
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
B1
53
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
54
B9
55
Chromium Chloride
56
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
57
And B7
58
Sodium Selenite
59
Sodium Molybdate
60
Cyanocobalamin
61
B12

Full Ingredient List

soy protein nuggets (isolated soy protein, tapioca starch, salt), chocolate flavored coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla), corn syrup, milk chocolate drops (sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), marshmallow pieces (sugar, corn starch, fructose, soybean oil, corn syrup solids, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin), fructooligosaccharides, milk protein isolate, high oleic safflower oil, glycerine, less than 2% of the following: fructose, natural flavor, calcium phosphate, water, xanthan gum, soy lecithin, vitamin and mineral blend (calcium phosphate, ascorbic acid [vit, c], magnesium oxide, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate [vit, e], niacinamide [vit, b3], zinc oxide, calcium pantothenate [vit, b5], ferrous fumarate [iron], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vit, b6], vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin [vit, b2], thiamine mononitrate [vit, b1], folic acid [vit, b9], chromium chloride, biotin [vit, b7], sodium selenite, sodium molybdate, cyanocobalamin [vit, b12]),

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nutrition bars

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

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (61 on 0638102204721).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Nutrition bars has a longer ingredient list than 99% 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 0638102204721: 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.