Safe

Coconut Caramel Bites

by Girl Scouts

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0813085603628 · Girl Scouts · Chocolate-covered-confection. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0813085603628 · Serving size 9 pieces (28 g)

The verdict

Coconut Caramel Bites by Girl Scouts scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Caramel Coating, Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil. 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 32 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

85603628 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Coconut Caramel Bites label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG High-fructose corn syrup PHOTO-FINISH Caramel and Brownie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …603628 · July 2026

8 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: High-fructose corn syrup). Source sheet 85603628 · 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: Caramel and Brownie Clusters · Nearest score peer is Caramel and Brownie Clusters 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 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Coconut Caramel Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Coconut Caramel Bites100/1002. Caramel and Brownie Clusters: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Caramel and Brownie Clust…100/1003. Coconut Caramel Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Coconut Caramel Bites100/1004. Thin Mints: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Thin Mints100/1005. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BITES: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BITES100/100
High-band neighbours for Coconut Caramel Bites (100/100) outside Girl Scouts.
Chart values as text

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

Coconut Caramel Bites
100/100
Caramel and Brownie Clusters
100/100
Coconut Caramel Bites
100/100
Thin Mints
100/100
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BITES
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Coconut Caramel Bites lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (88th 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.

Full Ingredient List

CARAMEL COATING (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Milk, Cocoa Powder, Soy Lecithin [an emulsifier], Natural Flavor, Salt, and Paprika Extract [added for color), DARK CHOCOLATE (Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Butter Oil, Soy Lecithin [an emulsifier], Pure Vanilla), VANILLA COOKIE GEMS (Enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, palm oil, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk powder, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin [an emulsifier]), TOASTED COCONUT (Desiccated Coconut, Sugar, Dextrose, Salt)

Other products containing Vanilla Cookie Gems

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

Categories

Chocolate-covered-confection

High-score cross-brand comparables for Coconut Caramel Bites

Neighbours outside Girl Scouts with screening scores in the same high band as Coconut Caramel Bites (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Girl Scouts; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

High-fructose corn syrup is the first flagged ingredient selected from Coconut Caramel Bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to High-fructose corn syrup. Open High-fructose corn syrup
  • Compare Coconut Caramel Bites's 0 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 0813085603628: 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.