Gooey butter edible cookie dough, gooey butter
Contains 2 flagged ingredients
Gooey butter edible cookie dough, gooey butter receives a safety score of 50/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Gooey butter edible cookie dough, gooey butter carries a composite safety score of 50/100, which we classify as "Concern" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 2 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Gooey butter edible cookie dough, gooey butter is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 50/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 2 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Heat treated wheat flour, vegetable oil butter blend (vegetable oil blend {palm and palm kernel oil, soybean oil}, skim milk, butter {cream}, contains less than 2% of natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate added, beta carotene {color}, citric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate {as preservatives}), powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), sugar, yellow cake mix (enriched bleached wheat flour {bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid}, sugar, soybean oil, dextrose. contains 2% or less of each of the following: leavening {baking soda, aluminum sulfate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate}, propylene glycol mono and diglycerides, modified corn starch, nonfat milk, egg yolk, guar gum, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, yellow 5, yellow 6, citric acid), brown sugar, pasteurized whole eggs (whole eggs, sodium phosphate and citric acid added to preserve color, nisin), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, guar gum, carob bean gum, xanthan gum), pure vanilla extract, kosher salt, baking soda, pure almond extract.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.