Safe

Big cookie crunch bars

by Met-Rx

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0786560557016 · Met-Rx · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0786560557016 · Serving size 1 bar (100 g)

The verdict

Big cookie crunch bars by Met-Rx scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 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 49-component record, beginning with Soy Cocoa Crisps, Soy Protein Isolate, Organic Cocoa. 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 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0786560557016
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

60557016 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Big cookie crunch bars label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 41% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE L-glutamine PHOTO-FINISH Meal replacement bar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …557016 · July 2026

20 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: L-glutamine). Source sheet 60557016 · 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: Meal replacement bar · Nearest score peer is Meal replacement 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 is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.

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. Big cookie crunch bars: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Big cookie crunch bars100/1002. Meal replacement bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meal replacement bar100/1003. Meal replacement bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Meal replacement bar100/1004. Big 100 Colossal Meal Replacement Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Big 100 Colossal Meal Rep…100/1005. Big100 Colossal Meal Replacement Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Big100 Colossal Meal Repl…100/100
High-band neighbours for Big cookie crunch bars (100/100) outside Met-Rx.
Chart values as text

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

Big cookie crunch bars
100/100
Meal replacement bar
100/100
Meal replacement bar
100/100
Big 100 Colossal Meal Replacement Bar
100/100
Big100 Colossal Meal Replacement Bar
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. Big cookie crunch bars 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

Big cookie crunch bars lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 49 (95th 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
Soy Cocoa Crisps
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Organic Cocoa
4
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Vanilla Cream Topping
6
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
7
Milk Protein Isolate
8
Palm Kernel Oil
9
Natural Flavors
10
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
11
Canola Oil
12
Palm Oil
13
Soy Lecithin
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Cocoa Powder
16
Whey Powder
17
Nonfat Milk Powder
18
Vanilla Flavor
19
Whole Milk Powder
20
Chocolate Liquor
21
Cocoa Butter
22
Milk Fat
23
Whey Protein Isolate
24
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Egg White
26
L-glutamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
27
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Water
29
Fructooligosaccharides
30
Tricalcium Phosphate
31
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
32
D-alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
33
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
36
D-calcium Pantothenate
37
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Thiamin Mononitrate
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
42
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
43
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
44
Cyanocobalamin
45
Peanut Flour
46
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
47
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
48
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
49
Almond Butter

Full Ingredient List

Soy cocoa crisps (soy protein isolate, cocoa, tapioca starch), vanilla cream topping (corn syrup, milk protein isolate, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, glycerin, canola oil, palm oil, soy lecithin), corn syrup, sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, canola oil, cocoa, whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white, l-glutamine, fructose, glycerin, water, natural flavors, palm oil, fructooligosaccharides, tricalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin, peanut flour, salt, dipotassium phosphate, xanthan gum, almond butter, soy lecithin.

Other products containing Vanilla Cream Topping

Vanilla Cream Topping is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Big cookie crunch bars

Neighbours outside Met-Rx with screening scores in the same high band as Big cookie crunch bars (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Met-Rx; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Big cookie crunch bars has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0786560557016: 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.