Safe

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie

by Thorntons

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0813715013346 · Thorntons. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0813715013346 · Serving size 45 g (45 GRM)

The verdict

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie by Thorntons scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Whole Milk. 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 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0813715013346
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.

15013346 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Invert Sugar Syrup PHOTO-FINISH Harry Hopalot · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013346 · July 2026

10 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar Syrup). Source sheet 15013346 · 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: Harry Hopalot · Nearest score peer is Harry Hopalot 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. Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Milk Chocolate, Fudge Bro…100/1002. Harry Hopalot: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Harry Hopalot100/1003. Smooth Curd: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Smooth Curd100/1004. Mcvitie's, Club, Biscuits, Orange: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mcvitie's, Club, Biscuits…100/1005. Nucleotide Complex: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nucleotide Complex100/100
High-band neighbours for Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie (100/100) outside Thorntons.
Chart values as text

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

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie
100/100
Harry Hopalot
100/100
Smooth Curd
100/100
Mcvitie's, Club, Biscuits, Orange
100/100
Nucleotide Complex
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 50 (97th 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

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Whole Milk
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Cocoa Mass
6
Milk Fat
7
Emulsifier
8
Soya Lecithin
9
Wheat Flour
10
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Iron
13
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Thiamin
15
Pasteurised Egg
16
Toffee Sauce
17
Water
18
Glucose Syrup
19
Sweetened Condensed Milk
20
Whole Milk
21
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
Milk
23
Butter
24
Double Cream
25
Modified Maize Starch
26
Brown Sugar
27
Molasses
28
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
29
Humectant
30
Sorbitol Syrup
31
Preservative
32
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
33
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
34
Chocolate Fudge Cubes
35
Natural Chocolate
36
Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder
37
Soya Lecithins
38
Acidity Regulator
39
Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
40
Vegetable Fats
41
Palm
42
Palm Kernel
43
Dried Skimmed Milk
44
Anhydrous Milk Fat
45
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
46
Milk Proteins
47
Palm Oil
48
Pasteurised Egg White
49
Rapeseed Oil
50
Potassium Carbonate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Milk Chocolate (30%) [Sugar, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Milk Fat, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)], Sugar, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Pasteurised Egg, Toffee Sauce [Sugar, Water, Glucose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Milk (Whole Milk, Sugar, Lactose (Milk)), Butter (Milk), Double Cream (Milk), Modified Maize Starch, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Molasses), Invert Sugar Syrup, Humectant (Sorbitol Syrup), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Salt], Chocolate Fudge Cubes (5%) [Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Milk (Whole Milk, Sugar, Lactose (Milk)), Chocolate (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate)), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Invert Sugar Syrup, Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Dried Skimmed Milk, Anhydrous Milk Fat, Dried Whole Milk, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)), Double Cream (Milk), Humectant (Sorbitol Syrup), Butter (Milk), Dextrose, Milk Proteins, Salt, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)], Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Pasteurised Egg White, Rapeseed Oil, Glucose Syrup, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Potassium Carbonate), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Emulsifier (E471)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie

Neighbours outside Thorntons with screening scores in the same high band as Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Thorntons; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Milk Chocolate, Fudge Brownie has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its published 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 0813715013346: 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.