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Finest belgian chocolates

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0691430005019 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0691430005019 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Finest belgian chocolates scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Coatings - Dark Chocolate, Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 58 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

30005019 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Finest belgian chocolates label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …005019 · July 2026

12 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 30005019 · 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

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.

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. Finest belgian chocolates scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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

Finest belgian chocolates lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 58 (98th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Coatings - Dark Chocolate
2
Unsweetened Chocolate
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Organic Soy Lecithin As An Emulsifier
6
Milk Chocolate
7
Milk
8
Vanilla Flavor
9
White Chocolate
10
Fillings-sugar
11
Vegetable Fat
12
Palm Kernel
13
Palm
14
Organic Sunflower
15
Rapeseed
16
Organic Coconut
17
Hazelnuts
18
Anhydrous Butterfat
19
Cocoa Powder
20
Whey Powder
21
Cream
22
Water
23
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Soy Lecithin And Mono-and Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids As Emulsifiers
25
With Added Natural Flavor
26
Vanilla
27
Added Artificial Flavor
28
Orange
29
Nougat
30
Grated Coconut
31
Feuilletine
32
Wheat Flour
33
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
34
Milk Protein
35
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
36
Malt Extract Barley
37
Baking Soda
38
Sunflower Lecithin As An Emulsifier
39
Tocopherol As An Antioxidant
40
Crispy Cereals
41
Rice Flour
42
Malt
ENZYME
Approved
43
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Spice
45
Glucose Syrup
46
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
47
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
48
Freeze-dried Coffee
49
Almonds
50
Bitter And Sweet Apricot Kernels
51
Citric Acid As An Acidifier
52
Added Color
53
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
54
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
55
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
56
Beta Carotene
57
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
58
Egg White

Full Ingredient List

Coatings - dark chocolate [unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin as an emulsifier], milk chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, milk, soy lecithin as an emulsifier, vanilla flavor], white chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, milk, soy lecithin as an emulsifier, vanilla flavor], fillings-sugar, vegetable fat (palm kernel, palm, sunflower, rapeseed, coconut), hazelnuts, milk, anhydrous butterfat, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, cocoa powder, whey powder, cream, water, stabilizer: sorbitol, soy lecithin and mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids as emulsifiers, added flavor (vanilla), added artificial flavor (orange, nougat, coconut), grated coconut, feuilletine (wheat flour, sugar, vegetable fat (sunflower, rapeseed), anhydrous butterfat, lactose, milk protein, salt, malt extract barley, baking soda, sunflower lecithin as an emulsifier, tocopherol as an antioxidant), crispy cereals (rice flour, wheat flour, malt, sugar, wheat gluten, salt), spice, glucose syrup, dextrose, invert sugar syrup, freeze-dried coffee, almonds, bitter and sweet apricot kernels, citric acid as an acidifier, salt, added color (yellow 6, red 40, blue 2, beta carotene, titanium dioxide), egg white.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Finest belgian chocolates's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Finest belgian chocolates's 4 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 0691430005019: 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.