Safe

62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks

by Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0643392501504 · Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0643392501504 · Serving size 1.5 tbsp (15 g)

The verdict

62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks by Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Cacao Beans, Sugar, Cocoa Butter; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 5 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0643392501504
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

92501504 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 94% LEAD-FLAG Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Unsweetened Dark Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …501504 · July 2026

1 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sugar). Source sheet 92501504 · 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: Unsweetened Dark Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Unsweetened Dark Chocolate 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. 62% Cacao Semisweet Bakin…100/1002. Unsweetened Dark Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Unsweetened Dark Chocolate100/1003. Sliced Boneless Ham: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sliced Boneless Ham100/1004. Black bean sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Black bean sauce100/1005. Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Aardvark Habanero Hot Sau…100/100
High-band neighbours for 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks (100/100) outside Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker.
Chart values as text

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

62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks
100/100
Unsweetened Dark Chocolate
100/100
Sliced Boneless Ham
100/100
Black bean sauce
100/100
Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 2,509 products we've scored in the Baking-decorations category, the average safety score is 65.2/100. 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks scores 34.8 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 65.2/100), 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 Baking-decorations products

62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 6th percentile a longer ingredient list than 6% of the 2,313 products we track

0–2: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 46 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 171 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 322 products (14%). Above this entry. 8–10: 264 products (11%). Above this entry. 10–12: 335 products (14%). Above this entry. 12–14: 253 products (11%). Above this entry. 14–16: 201 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 186 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Above this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Baking-decorations 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

2,313 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 5 (6th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
13 products (1%)
2–4
46 products (2%)
4–6
171 products (7%)
6–8
322 products (14%)
8–10
264 products (11%)
10–12
335 products (14%)
12–14
253 products (11%)
14–16
201 products (9%)
16–18
186 products (8%)
18–20
161 products (7%)
20–22
106 products (5%)
22–24
78 products (3%)
24–26
69 products (3%)
26–28
41 products (2%)
28–30
28 products (1%)
30–32
13 products (1%)
32–34
8 products (0%)
34–36
3 products (0%)
36–38
3 products (0%)
38–40
4 products (0%)
40 and above
8 products (0%)

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 2,313 Baking-decorations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Cacao beans*; sugar; cocoa butter*; non-gmo soy lecithin; whole vanilla beans.

Categories

Baking-decorations

High-score cross-brand comparables for 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks

Neighbours outside Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker with screening scores in the same high band as 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks (100/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sugar. Open Sugar
  • Compare 62% Cacao Semisweet Baking Chunks's 0 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 0643392501504: 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.