Avoid

Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit

by Target

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0819893020541 · Target · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0819893020541 · Serving size 1 BRAIN (20 g)

The verdict

Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit by Target scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 23 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 23-component label is layered, beginning with Marshmallows, Corn Syrup, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 23 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

23/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

93020541 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 23 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Maud borup, bubble · ±0 BOOK-OFF …020541 · July 2026

12 of 23 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 93020541 · 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: Maud borup, bubble gum · Nearest score peer is Maud borup, bubble gum 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Brain Specimens Crisped R…20/1002. Maud borup, bubble gum: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Maud borup, bubble gum20/1003. Tamarindo Lollipop, Hot Intenso: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tamarindo Lollipop, Hot I…20/1004. Pelon, Peloneta, Hard Candy Lollipops, Watermelon, Watermelon: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pelon, Peloneta, Hard Can…20/1005. Mango Lollipop Filled With Chili And Covered With Tamarind Soft Candy: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mango Lollipop Filled Wit…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit (20/100 on 23 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit
20/100
Maud borup, bubble gum
20/100
Tamarindo Lollipop, Hot Intenso
20/100
Pelon, Peloneta, Hard Candy Lollipops, Watermelon, Watermelon
20/100
Mango Lollipop Filled With Chili And Covered With Tamarind Soft Candy
20/100

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. Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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

Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit lists 23 ingredients on its label

23 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 23 (67th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 23 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Marshmallows
2
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
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
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
5
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
6
Water
7
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
8
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
9
Whipping Aid
10
Natural And Artificial Flavor
11
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
12
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
13
Crisp Rice
14
Rice
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Malted Barley Syrup
17
Red Gel
18
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
19
Corn Starch
20
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
21
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
As Preservative
23
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled

Full Ingredient List

Marshmallows (corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, modified cornstarch, water, gelatin, contains less than 2% of tetrasodium pyrophosphate [whipping aid], natural and artificial flavor, red 40, blue 1), crisp rice (rice, sugar, salt, malted barley syrup), red gel (sugar, water, corn syrup, carrageenan, modified corn starch, salt, citric acid, sodium benzoate [as preservative], red 3, red 40).

Other products containing Red Gel

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

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Biscuits

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit

Neighbours outside Target in the same lower screening band as Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 23-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Brain Specimens Crisped Rice Kit's 4 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 0819893020541: 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.