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Gingerbread cookie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0762015000436 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0762015000436 · Serving size 1 BAR (70 g)

The verdict

Gingerbread cookie scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 10 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Enzyme. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
10
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

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.

15000436 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gingerbread cookie label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 10 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …000436 · July 2026

21 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 15000436 · 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. Gingerbread cookie 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

Gingerbread cookie 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (10 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
2
Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Enzyme
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
Molases
10
Brown Sugar
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Molasses
13
Water
14
Cocoa Confectionery Wafers
15
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
16
Organic Cocoa
17
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
18
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Vanilla
21
Artificial Colors
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
27
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
White Confectionery Wafers
29
Whole Milk
30
Include Red 40 Lake
31
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
33
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Yellow 6 Lake. Margarine
35
Palm Oil
36
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
37
Mono - And Diglycerides And Lecithin
38
Emulsifier
39
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
40
Preservative
41
Artificial Flavor
42
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Color
44
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Artificial Vanilla Flavor
46
Nonparareils
47
Corn Starch
48
One Or More Of The Following Colors
49
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
50
Carnuba Wax
51
Sprinkles
52
Cornstarch Confectioner's Glaze
53
Colors
54
Includes Yellow 5
55
Cblue 1
56
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
57
Organic Ginger
58
Spices

Full Ingredient List

Enriched bleached wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), molases, brown sugar (sugar, molasses), water, cocoa confectionery wafers (sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], non-fat dry milk, sorbitan monostearate, lactic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides with citric acid to help protect flavor, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla), artificial colors (yellow 5, yellow 6, red 3, red 40, blue 1, blue 2) white confectionery wafers (sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, non-fat dry milk, whole milk, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla), colors: include red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, blue 1, blue 2, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake. margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides and lecithin, [emulsifier], sodium benzoate [preservative], artificial flavor, beta-carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), artificial vanilla flavor, nonparareils (sugar, corn starch, one or more of the following colors [yellow 5, yellow 6 lake, blue 1, blue 2 lake, red 3, red 40], carnuba wax), sprinkles (sugar, cornstarch confectioner's glaze, artificial colors [yellow 5, yellow 6, red 3, red 40, blue 1, blue 2]), colors [includes yellow 5, yellow 6, red 3, red 40, cblue 1, blue 2], citric acid (preservative), ginger, spices, salt.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gingerbread cookie'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 Gingerbread cookie's 10 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 0762015000436: 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.