Safe

Macarons

by Le Chic

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0810122990505 · Le Chic. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0810122990505 · Serving size 2 macarons (26 g)

The verdict

Macarons by Le Chic scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Sugar, Almond Flour, Heavy Cream. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0810122990505
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

22990505 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Macarons label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Caramelized Onions · ±0 BOOK-OFF …990505 · July 2026

14 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 22990505 · 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: Caramelized Onions · Nearest score peer is Caramelized Onions 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Macarons: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Macarons95/1002. Caramelized Onions: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Caramelized Onions95/1003. Season up chicken powered seasoning: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Season up chicken powered…95/1004. Caramel Spread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caramel Spread95/1005. San roque, layers of cookie with milk caramel filling: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. San roque, layers of cook…95/100
High-band neighbours for Macarons (95/100) outside Le Chic.
Chart values as text

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

Macarons
95/100
Caramelized Onions
95/100
Season up chicken powered seasoning
95/100
Caramel Spread
95/100
San roque, layers of cookie with milk caramel filling
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Macarons lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Almond Flour
3
Heavy Cream
4
Cream
5
Milk
6
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
7
Egg Whites
8
Dark Chocolate
9
Unsweetened Chocolate
10
Cocoa Powder
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Sunflower Lecithin
13
Vanilla Flavor
14
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
15
Blend Of Vegetable Oils
16
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
17
Sunflower Oil
18
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
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
20
Cocoa Butter
21
Egg White Powder
22
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
23
Mono - And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
24
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
25
Guar Gum
26
White Chocolate
27
Whole Milk Powder
28
Inulin
Other
Safe
29
Vanilla Bean Seeds
30
Mono-and Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
31
Raspberry Puree
32
Raspberry Juice Concentrate
33
Organic Raspberry Flavor
34
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
35
Acidulant
36
Carmine
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
37
Color
38
Fruit Juice
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Color Additive
39
Beet Powder
40
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Natural Flavor
42
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Chocolate: Sugar, Almond Flour, Heavy Cream (Cream [Milk], Carrageenan), Egg Whites, Dark Chocolate (Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Powder [Processed With Alkalil, Soy Lecithin, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Corn Syrup, Cocoa Powder [Processed With Alkali), Blend of Vegetable Oils (Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil), Cornstarch, Glycerin, Cocoa Butter, Egg White Powder (Egg Whites, Lactic Acid), Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Vanilla: Sugar, Almond Flour, Heavy Cream (Cream [Milk], Carrageenan), Egg Whites, White Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Inulin, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Corn Syrup, Blend of Vegetable Oils (Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil), Cornstarch, Glycerin, Cocoa Butter, Egg White Powder (Egg Whites, Lactic Acid), Vanilla Bean Seeds, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Raspberry: Sugar, Almond Flour, White Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Inulin, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Egg Whites, Raspberry Puree, Corn Syrup, Blend of Vegetable Oils (Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil), Glycerin, Raspberry Juice Concentrate, Cornstarch, Cocoa Butter, Egg White Powder (Egg Whites, Lactic Acid), Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Soy Lecithin, Natural Raspberry Flavor, Carrageenan, Citric Acid [Acidulant], Xanthan Gum, Carmine [Color], Guar Gum, Fruit Juice [Color], Beet Powder [Color], Red Velvet: Sugar, Almond Flour, Heavy Cream (Cream [Milk], Carrageenan), Egg Whites, White Chocolate (Cocoa Butter, Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Inulin, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Flavor), Corn Syrup, Blend of Vegetable Oils (Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil), Egg White Powder (Egg Whites, Lactic Acid), Cornstarch, Glycerin, Cocoa Butter, Beet Powder [Color], Beta-Carotene [Color], Fruit Juice [Color], Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Carrageenan, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Salted Caramel: Sugar, Almond Flour, Egg Whites, Heavy Cream (Cream [Milk], Carrageenan), Salt

High-score cross-brand comparables for Macarons

Neighbours outside Le Chic with screening scores in the same high band as Macarons (95/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Le Chic; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Macarons's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Macarons'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 0810122990505: 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.