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Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies

by Shirley's Cookie Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0725526503636 · Shirley's Cookie Company · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0725526503636 · Serving size 1 COOKIE (71 g)

The verdict

Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies by Shirley's Cookie Company scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour Bleached, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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 41 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.

26503636 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Sodium stearoyl lactylate PHOTO-FINISH Whoopie Pie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …503636 · July 2026

14 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium stearoyl lactylate). Source sheet 26503636 · 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: Whoopie Pie · Nearest score peer is Whoopie Pie 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. Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Shirleys Cookie Company I…100/1002. Whoopie Pie: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whoopie Pie100/1003. Ocean spray, yorkshire wensleydale cheese with cranberries: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ocean spray, yorkshire we…100/1004. 100% Pure Organic Maple Syrup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. 100% Pure Organic Maple S…100/1005. Obi, Pr(Obi)Otic - Active Water Kefir, Tart Cherry & Vanilla Bean: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Obi, Pr(Obi)Otic - Active…100/100
High-band neighbours for Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies (100/100) outside Shirley's Cookie Company.
Chart values as text

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

Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies
100/100
Whoopie Pie
100/100
Ocean spray, yorkshire wensleydale cheese with cranberries
100/100
100% Pure Organic Maple Syrup
100/100
Obi, Pr(Obi)Otic - Active Water Kefir, Tart Cherry & Vanilla Bean
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. Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies 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

Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 41 (91st 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
Enriched Flour Bleached
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Eggs With Citric Acid Preservative
13
Food Starch-modified
14
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Emulsifier Blend
16
Propylene Glycol Monoesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids
17
Mono - And Diglycerides
18
Soy Lecithin
19
Bha Preservative
20
Citric Acid Preservative
21
Leavening
22
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
23
Baking Soda
24
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Molasses
27
Ground Ginger
28
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Egg Whites
30
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
31
Organic Ground Cinnamon
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
Cellulose Gum
34
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
35
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
36
Artificial Flavor
37
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
38
Guar Gum
39
Ground Allspice
40
Egg Yolks
41
Beta-carotene Color

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, soybean oil, eggs with citric acid preservative, food starch-modified, contains less than 2% of each of the following: whey, emulsifier blend (propylene glycol monoesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, soybean oil, soy lecithin, bha preservative, citric acid preservative), leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), wheat gluten, salt, dried molasses, ground ginger, wheat starch, egg whites, degerminated yellow corn flour, ground cinnamon, dextrose, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, artificial flavor, maltodextrin, guar gum, ground allspice, egg yolks, soy lecithin, beta-carotene color.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

High-score cross-brand comparables for Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies

Neighbours outside Shirley's Cookie Company with screening scores in the same high band as Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shirley's Cookie Company; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Shirleys Cookie Company Inc., Ginger Sugar Cookies has a longer ingredient list than 91% 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 0725526503636: 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.