Avoid

The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie

by The Decorated Cookie Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0817169013433 · The Decorated Cookie Company · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0817169013433 · Serving size 0.5 COOKIE | ABOUT (50 g)

The verdict

The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie by The Decorated Cookie Company scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 7 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 60-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour Bleached, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
7
Many flagged · of 60 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

69013433 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 7 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Decorated Cookie Company, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013433 · July 2026

22 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 69013433 · 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: Decorated Cookie Company, Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookies · Nearest score peer is Decorated Cookie Company, Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookies 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. The decorated cookie comp…0/1002. Decorated Cookie Company, Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Decorated Cookie Company,…0/1003. Decorated Shortbread Cookie, Shortbread Bread: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Decorated Shortbread Cook…0/1004. Decorated Halloween Shortbread Cookie: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Decorated Halloween Short…0/1005. Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookie: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Gourmet Decorated Shortbr…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie (0/100 on 60 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie
0/100
Decorated Cookie Company, Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookies
0/100
Decorated Shortbread Cookie, Shortbread Bread
0/100
Decorated Halloween Shortbread Cookie
0/100
Gourmet Decorated Shortbread Cookie
0/100

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. The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 60 (98th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (7 flagged of 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour Bleached
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Margarine Butter Blend
11
Palm Oil
12
Butter
13
Cream
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Water
16
Mono - And Diglycerides
17
Sodium Benzoate Preservative
18
Citric Acid Preservative
19
Natural Flavor
20
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Beta-carotene Color
22
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
23
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
24
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
25
Corn Starch
26
Baking Powder
27
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
28
Baking Soda
29
Monocalcium Phosphate
30
Soy Protein Concentrate
31
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
32
Natural And Artificial Flavors
33
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
34
Egg Whites
35
Egg Yolks With Whole Egg Solids
36
Soybean Oil
37
Cellulose Gum
38
Ammonium Aluminum Sulfate
39
Soy Lecithin
40
Modified Food Starch
41
Phosphoric Acid Preservative
42
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
43
Enzymes
44
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
45
Acacia
46
Gum Arabic
47
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
48
Sodium Alginate
49
Locust Bean Gum
50
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
Annatto Extract Color
52
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
54
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
55
Titanium Dioxide Color
56
Turmeric Oleoresin Color
57
Agar-agar
58
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
59
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
60
Potassium Sorbate Preservative

Full Ingredient List

Enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, margarine butter blend (palm oil, butter [cream, salt], water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, sodium benzoate preservative, citric acid preservative, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate, beta-carotene color), water, contains less than 2% of each of the following: propylene glycol, wheat flour, glycerin, ethyl alcohol, salt, corn starch, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), soy protein concentrate, maltodextrin, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, egg whites, egg yolks with whole egg solids, soybean oil, cellulose gum, ammonium aluminum sulfate, soy lecithin, food starch modified, phosphoric acid preservative, lactic acid, enzymes, baking soda, carrageenan, acacia (gum arabic), blue 1, sodium alginate, locust bean gum, yellow 6, annatto extract color, yellow 5, red 3, red 40, titanium dioxide color, turmeric oleoresin color, agar-agar, dextrin, citric acid preservative, blue 2, sodium benzoate preservative, potassium sorbate preservative.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie

Neighbours outside The Decorated Cookie Company in the same lower screening band as The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Decorated Cookie Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare The decorated cookie company, decorated shortbread cookie's 7 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 0817169013433: 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.