Safe

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar

by Balance

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0750049100963 · Balance · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0750049100963 · Serving size 1 BAR (50 g)

The verdict

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar by Balance scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Protein Blend, Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate. 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 54 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.

49100963 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Alpha-tocopherol Acetate PHOTO-FINISH Cookie Butter Flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …100963 · July 2026

25 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Alpha-tocopherol Acetate). Source sheet 49100963 · 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: Cookie Butter Flavored Protein Bar · Nearest score peer is Cookie Butter Flavored Protein Bar 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. Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar100/1002. Cookie Butter Flavored Protein Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cookie Butter Flavored Pr…100/1003. Caramel Fudge Flavored Protein Bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Caramel Fudge Flavored Pr…100/1004. Protein Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Protein Bar100/1005. Cookie Dough: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cookie Dough100/100
High-band neighbours for Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar (100/100) outside Balance.
Chart values as text

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

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar
100/100
Cookie Butter Flavored Protein Bar
100/100
Caramel Fudge Flavored Protein Bars
100/100
Protein Bar
100/100
Cookie Dough
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. Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar 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

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 54 (97th 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
Protein Blend
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Whey Protein Isolate
4
Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Isolate
5
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
6
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
7
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Glucose Syrup
9
Cookies
10
Wheat Flour
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Canola Oil
13
Organic Cocoa
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
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
16
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
17
Water
18
Nonfat Milk
19
Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil
20
Natural Flavor
21
Butter
22
Cream
23
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
24
Soy Lecithin
25
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
26
Inulin
Other
Safe
27
Nonfat Yogurt Powder
28
Cultured Nonfat Milk
29
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
30
Caramel Added For Color
31
Tocopherols Added To Protect Flavor
32
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
33
Calcium Phosphate
34
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
35
Alpha-tocopherol Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Ferric Orthophosphate
37
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
40
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Vitamin A Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Chromium Chloride
47
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
48
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
49
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
50
Sodium Molybdate
51
Sodium Selenite
52
Phytonadione
53
Cholecalciferol
54
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Protein blend (soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, partially hydrolyzed milk protein isolate, casein, calcium caseinate), fructose, glucose syrup, cookies (wheat flour, sugar, canola oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, sodium bicarbonate), sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, water, nonfat milk, high oleic sunflower oil. contains less than 2% of natural flavor, butter (cream, salt), lactose, soy lecithin, cocoa (processed with alkali), maltodextrin, inulin, nonfat yogurt powder (cultured nonfat milk), dextrose, salt, caramel added for color, tocopherols added to protect flavor, soybean oil. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol acetate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, vitamin a acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, chromium chloride, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, phytonadione, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar

Neighbours outside Balance with screening scores in the same high band as Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Balance; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cookie Dough Nutrition Bar has a longer ingredient list than 97% 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 0750049100963: 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.