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Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box

by Gamesa

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0686700101294 · Gamesa · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0686700101294 · Serving size 29 g

The verdict

Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box by Gamesa scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacinamide. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 40 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

00101294 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Star Spangled Sprinkle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101294 · July 2026

20 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00101294 · 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: Star Spangled Sprinkle Vanilla Cake Cookies · Nearest score peer is Star Spangled Sprinkle Vanilla Cake Cookies at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hawaianas Coconut Flavore…35/1002. Star Spangled Sprinkle Vanilla Cake Cookies: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Star Spangled Sprinkle Va…35/1003. Sparkling Water Beverage: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sparkling Water Beverage35/1004. Claire Baie, Cherry Limeade: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Claire Baie, Cherry Limea…35/1005. Caruso's, Limoncello Italian Style Soda: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Caruso's, Limoncello Ital…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box (35/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box
35/100
Star Spangled Sprinkle Vanilla Cake Cookies
35/100
Sparkling Water Beverage
35/100
Claire Baie, Cherry Limeade
35/100
Caruso's, Limoncello Italian Style Soda
35/100

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. Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box scores 51.1 points below that category average (35/100 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

Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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: 40 (90th 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferrous Fumarate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Vegetable Oil Blend
10
Palm Oil
11
Sunflower Oil
12
Canola Oil
13
Soybean Oil
14
Ascorbyl Palmitate
ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
15
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
And Tbhq As Preservatives
17
Corn Starch
18
Organic Coconut
19
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
20
Preservative
21
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Leavening Agents
23
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
25
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
FIRMING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
29
Glyceryl Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
31
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Artificial Flavor
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
Wheat
38
Coconut And Soy Ingredients. May Contain Traces Of Milk
39
Egg
40
Peanuts And Other Tree Nuts

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacinamide, Ferrous Fumarate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Vegetable Oil Blend (Palm Oil, Sunflower Oil and/or Canola Oil and/or Soybean Oil [Contains Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherols, and TBHQ as Preservatives]), Corn Starch, Coconut (Contains Sodium Metabisulfite [Preservative]), Contains 2% or Less of: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Leavening Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Aluminum Sodium Sulfate), Salt, Soy Lecithin, Propylene Glycol Monostearate, Glyceryl Monostearate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Artificial Flavor, FD&C Yellow 5, FD&C Blue 2, FD&C Yellow 6. CONTAINS WHEAT, COCONUT AND SOY INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF MILK, EGG, PEANUTS AND OTHER TREE NUTS.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box

Neighbours outside Gamesa in the same lower screening band as Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gamesa; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Hawaianas Coconut Flavored Cookies (5-3 Oz) 15 Ounce 5 Pack Box'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 0686700101294: 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.