Nutrition bars
Nutrition bars receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI 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
Nutrition bars carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" 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 did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.
On the NOVA processing scale, Nutrition bars 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. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 100/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 0 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Chocolate cookie pieces (wheat flour, organic dried cane syrup, canola oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], salt, sodium bicarbonate), soluble corn fiber, chocolate drops (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), soy protein nuggets (isolated soy protein, cocoa [processed with alkali], tapioca starch), corn syrup, yogurt chips (dried cane syrup, fractionated palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk, nonfat yogurt powder [cultured nonfat milk], soy lecithin, lactic acid powder [modified corn starch, lactic acid], natural flavor), dark chocolate layer (corn syrup, sugar, palm kernel oil, natural chocolate liquor, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], milk protein isolate, soy lecithin, natural flavor, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, gum arabic), brown rice syrup, fructose syrup, soy protein isolate, chocolate powder (natural cocoa powder, sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla), chocolate flavored coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], soy lecithin, nonfat milk powder, vanilla), butter (cream, salt), high oleic safflower oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), whey protein isolate, maltodextrin; less than 2% of the following: pasteurized whole egg powder, calcium phosphate, chocolate liquor, natural flavors, salt, vitamin and mineral blend (magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid, copper gluconate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, zinc oxide, biotin, calcium pantothenate, beta-carotene, vitamin a palmitate, phytonadione, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulfate, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite, cyanocobalamin, chromium chloride, folic acid, sodium molybdate).
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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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