Caution

Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers

by A Kln Family Brands Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0817628010362 · A Kln Family Brands Company · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0817628010362 · Serving size 7 PIECES (40 g)

The verdict

Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers by A Kln Family Brands Company scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Sea Salt Caramel Wafer, 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 41 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.

28010362 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Almonds · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010362 · July 2026

13 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 28010362 · 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: Almonds · Nearest score peer is Almonds 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. Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel Apple Bites With …85/1002. Almonds: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Almonds85/1003. Red, Pink & White Chocolate Covered Almonds: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Red, Pink & White Chocola…85/1004. Polska Kielbasa: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Polska Kielbasa85/1005. Smith's, skinless wieners: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smith's, skinless wieners85/100
High-band neighbours for Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers (85/100) outside A Kln Family Brands Company.
Chart values as text

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

Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers
85/100
Almonds
85/100
Red, Pink & White Chocolate Covered Almonds
85/100
Polska Kielbasa
85/100
Smith's, skinless wieners
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. Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers 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

Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 41 (91st 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 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sea Salt Caramel Wafer
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Palm Kernel Oil
4
Nonfat Dry Milk Solids
5
Whole Milk Solids
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Emulsifier
8
Artificial Color
9
Yellow Lake #6
10
Yellow Lake #5
11
Blue Lake #2
12
Natural Flavor
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Licorice
15
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
16
Enriched Wheat Flour
17
Wheat Flour
18
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Iron
20
Thiamin
21
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
23
Dried Cane Syrup
24
Modified Food Starch
25
Corn
26
Artificial Flavor
27
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
28
Palm Oil
29
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
30
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
31
Sodium Citrate
32
Mono - And Diglyceride
33
Potassium Sorbate Preservative
34
Artificial Colors
35
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
36
Fd&c Yellow #5 Lake
37
Blue #1 And Yellow #5
38
Sucrose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
39
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
40
Starch
Thickener
Safe
41
Confectioner's Glaze

Full Ingredient List

Sea salt caramel wafer (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk solids, whole milk solids, soy lecithin [emulsifier], artificial color [yellow lake #6, yellow lake #5, blue lake #2], natural flavor, salt), licorice (sugar, corn syrup, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid], cane syrup, food starch modified [corn], artificial flavor, maltodextrin, palm oil, citric acid, malic acid, sodium citrate, mono - and diglyceride, potassium sorbate preservative, artificial colors [titanium dioxide, fd&c yellow #5 lake, blue #1 and yellow #5], salt), sucrose, contains 2% or less of the following: cornstarch, modified starch, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze.

Other products containing Blue #1 And Yellow #5

Blue #1 And Yellow #5 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers

Neighbours outside A Kln Family Brands Company with screening scores in the same high band as Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers (85/100 here). No other A Kln Family Brands Company products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Caramel Apple Bites With Soft & Chewy Centers'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 0817628010362: 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.