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Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies

by Duncan Hines

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0644209414352 · Duncan Hines · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0644209414352 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (33 g)

The verdict

Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies by Duncan Hines scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Bleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 20 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0644209414352
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

09414352 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 40% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Mrs Butter worths · ±0 BOOK-OFF …414352 · July 2026

10 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 09414352 · 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: Mrs Butter worths · Nearest score peer is Mrs Butter worths 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Duncan hines, brownie mix…95/1002. Mrs Butter worths: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mrs Butter worths95/1003. Original syrup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original syrup95/1004. Brownie mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Brownie mix95/1005. Syrup: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Syrup95/100
High-band neighbours for Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies (95/100) outside Duncan Hines.
Chart values as text

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

Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies
95/100
Mrs Butter worths
95/100
Original syrup
95/100
Brownie mix
95/100
Syrup
95/100

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. Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 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

Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 60th percentile a longer ingredient list than 60% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 20 (60th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 20 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, bleached wheat flour (wheat flour [enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], malted barley flour), powdered sugar, cocoa powder processed with alkali, vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil). contains 2% or less of: wheat starch, dextrose, salt, artificial flavor, carrageenan, leavening (sodium bicarbonate).

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies

Neighbours outside Duncan Hines with screening scores in the same high band as Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Duncan Hines; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Duncan hines, brownie mix, chewy fudge brownies's 1 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 0644209414352: 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.