Avoid

Easter Taffy

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0719283574886 · Meijer · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0719283574886 · Serving size 5 PIECES (30 g)

The verdict

Easter Taffy by Meijer scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Corn Syrup, Sugar, Coconut Oil; 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 11 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

83574886 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Easter Taffy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-MOST 82% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 74% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Dinosaurs assorted fruit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …574886 · July 2026

9 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 83574886 · 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: Dinosaurs assorted fruit flavored snacks, lemon, orange, grape and strawberry · Nearest score peer is Dinosaurs assorted fruit flavored snacks, lemon, orange, grape and strawberry 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.

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. Easter Taffy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Easter Taffy0/1002. Dinosaurs assorted fruit flavored snacks, lemon, orange, grape and strawberry: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Dinosaurs assorted fruit …0/1003. Taffy Candy, Flavored Candy, Blueberry, Orange, Strawberry, Apple: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Taffy Candy, Flavored Can…0/1004. Coastal Bay, Speckled Jelly Beans: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Coastal Bay, Speckled Jel…0/1005. Family Size Macaroni & Cheese: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Family Size Macaroni & Ch…0/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Easter Taffy's 0/100 while 36% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Easter Taffy
0/100
Dinosaurs assorted fruit flavored snacks, lemon, orange, grape and strawberry
0/100
Taffy Candy, Flavored Candy, Blueberry, Orange, Strawberry, Apple
0/100
Coastal Bay, Speckled Jelly Beans
0/100
Family Size Macaroni & Cheese
0/100

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. Easter Taffy scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Easter Taffy lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 26th percentile a longer ingredient list than 26% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Above this entry. 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: 11 (26th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Corn Syrup, Sugar, Coconut Oil, Egg Whites, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Malic Acid, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 3, Blue 1.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Easter Taffy

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Easter Taffy (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Easter Taffy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 11-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Easter Taffy'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 0719283574886: 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.