Caution

Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie

by Fernando's Bakery Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0808330911382 · Fernando's Bakery Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0808330911382 · Serving size 2 ONZ (57 g)

The verdict

Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie by Fernando's Bakery Inc. scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

30911382 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 60 PHOTO-FINISH Monin, Almond Orgeat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …911382 · July 2026

14 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 30911382 · 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: Monin, Almond Orgeat Gourment Syrup · Nearest score peer is Monin, Almond Orgeat Gourment Syrup at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N …85/1002. Monin, Almond Orgeat Gourment Syrup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Monin, Almond Orgeat Gour…85/1003. Bacon,egg,and cheddar cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bacon,egg,and cheddar che…85/1004. Vegan vanilla instant pudding mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vegan vanilla instant pud…85/1005. French Vanilla: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. French Vanilla85/100
High-band neighbours for Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie (85/100) outside Fernando's Bakery Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie
85/100
Monin, Almond Orgeat Gourment Syrup
85/100
Bacon,egg,and cheddar cheese
85/100
Vegan vanilla instant pudding mix
85/100
French Vanilla
85/100

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. Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 44 (93rd 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Eggs Soybean Oil
9
Vegetable Shortening
10
Palm Oil
11
Mono-glycerides
12
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
13
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
14
Water
15
Cocoa Powder
16
Modified Food Starch
17
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
18
Leavening
19
Baking Soda
20
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
21
Aluminum Sulphate
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Vital Wheat Gluten
24
Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids
25
Mono & Diglycerides
26
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
27
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
28
Corn Starch
29
Vanilla Extract
30
Tricalcium Phosphate
31
Natural And Artificial Flavors
32
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Alpha Tocopherols
34
Preservative
35
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
Dough Conditioner
37
Artificial Colors
38
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
39
Blue #1 Aluminum Lake
40
Yellow #5 Aluminum Lake
41
Yellow #6 Aluminum Lake
42
Mica
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
43
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
44
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs soybean oil, vegetable shortening (palm oil, mono-glycerides, polysorbate 60, citric acid), water, cocoa powder, modified food starch, whey, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulphate), salt, vital wheat gluten, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, corn starch, vanilla extract, tricalcium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, wheat starch, alpha tocopherols (preservative), silicon dioxide, citric acid (dough conditioner), artificial colors (titanium dioxide, blue #1 aluminum lake, yellow #5 aluminum lake, yellow #6 aluminum lake, mica), potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

High-score cross-brand comparables for Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie

Neighbours outside Fernando's Bakery Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fernando's Bakery Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
  • Compare Dippin' Dots, Cookies 'N Cream Iced Cookie's 1 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 0808330911382: 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.