Safe

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates

by Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0720227160492 · Gertrude Hawk Chocolates · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0720227160492 · Serving size 25g

The verdict

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates by Gertrude Hawk Chocolates scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-component record, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Milk. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 52 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

27160492 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Vanillin PHOTO-FINISH Thai coco, coconut · ±0 BOOK-OFF …160492 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Vanillin). Source sheet 27160492 · 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: Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry banana · Nearest score peer is Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry banana 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.

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. Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Milk & Dark Assorted Choc…100/1002. Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry banana: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Thai coco, coconut milk d…100/1003. Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry, banana: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thai coco, coconut milk d…100/1004. Thai coco, coconut milk, original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Thai coco, coconut milk, …100/1005. Thai coco, coconut milk drink: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Thai coco, coconut milk d…100/100
High-band neighbours for Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates (100/100) outside Gertrude Hawk Chocolates.
Chart values as text

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

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates
100/100
Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry banana
100/100
Thai coco, coconut milk drink, strawberry, banana
100/100
Thai coco, coconut milk, original
100/100
Thai coco, coconut milk drink
100/100

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. Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 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

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 52 (96th 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

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Milk
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Natural Chocolate
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Natural Flavor
8
Vanilla
9
Vanilla Extract
10
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
11
Semisweet Chocolate
12
Chocolate Processed With Alkali
13
Milkfat
14
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
15
Whole Milk
16
Palm Kernel Oil
17
Peanut Butter
18
Peanuts
19
Palm Oil
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Butter
22
Cream
23
Organic Coconut
24
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
25
Heavy Cream
26
Water
27
Nonfat Milk
28
Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk
29
Palm Oil
30
Partially Defatted Peanut Flour
31
Gelatin Powder
32
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
33
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
34
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
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
36
Raspberries
37
Evaporated Milk
38
Coffee
39
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
40
Invertase
41
Natural And Artificial Flavors
42
Organic Cocoa
43
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
44
Monoglycerides And Diglycerides
45
Palm Kernel Oil
46
Medium-chain Triglycerides
47
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
48
Vegetable Juice Color
49
Annatto Color
50
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
51
Color Added
52
Corn Starch

Full Ingredient List

Milk chocolate (sugar, milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, soy lecithin, natural flavor, vanilla, vanilla extract, vanillin), semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, vanilla), sugar, corn syrup, whole milk, palm kernel oil, peanut butter (peanuts, hydrogenated palm oil, salt), butter (cream, salt), coconut, invert sugar, heavy cream, water, nonfat milk, sweetened condensed whole milk (milk, sugar), palm oil, partially defatted peanut flour, chocolate processed with alkali, salt, gelatin powder (dextrose, pectin, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate), raspberries, evaporated milk, coffee, cocoa processed with alkali, hydrogenated palm oil, invertase, natural and artificial flavors, cocoa, soy lecithin, citric acid, hydrolyzed pea protein, monoglycerides and diglycerides, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, vanilla extract, medium-chain triglycerides, maltodextrin, vegetable juice color, annatto color, milkfat, vanillin, potassium sorbate, color added, corn starch.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies Bonbons

High-score cross-brand comparables for Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates

Neighbours outside Gertrude Hawk Chocolates with screening scores in the same high band as Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gertrude Hawk Chocolates; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Milk & Dark Assorted Chocolates has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0720227160492: 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.