Gregory's foods ready to bake chocolate chip cookies

95
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

Gregory's foods ready to bake chocolate chip cookies receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0830825001001
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1.13 ONZ (32 g)

What the Data Says About

Gregory's foods ready to bake chocolate chip cookies carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Gregory's foods ready to bake chocolate chip cookies is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Gregory's foods ready to bake chocolate chip cookies
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 95/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Bleached Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Chocolate Chips
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Chocolate Liquor
11
Cocoa Butter
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Added As An Emulsifier
14
Artificial Flavor
15
Vegetable Shortening
16
Soybean Oil And Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
17
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
18
Vegetable Margarine
19
Liquid Soybean Oil
20
Palm Oil
21
Palm Kernel Oil
22
Skim Milk
23
Cultured Skim Milk
24
Or Less Of: Salt
25
Mono And Diglycerides And Soy Lecithin
26
Used As Emulsifiers
27
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
28
To Preserve Freshness
29
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Colored With Beta Carotene
31
Source Of Vitamin A
32
Natural And Artificial Flavors
33
Water
34
Whole Egg Solids
35
Sodium Silico Aluminate
36
Processing Aid
37
Leavening
38
Baking Soda
39
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
40
Corn Starch
41
Mono And Diglycerides With Citric Acid Added As An Antioxidant
42
Natural And Artificial Flavor
43
Milk
44
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
Molasses
46
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
47
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
48
Anti-caking Agent
49
Caramel Coloring
Caution Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [added as an emulsifier], artificial flavor), sugar, vegetable shortening (soybean oil and fully hydrogenated soybean oil), invert sugar, vegetable margarine (liquid soybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, skim milk, cultured skim milk, contains 2% or less of: salt, mono and diglycerides and soy lecithin (used as emulsifiers), sodium benzoate [to preserve freshness], vitamin a palmitate, colored with beta carotene [source of vitamin a], natural and artificial flavors), water, whole egg solids (whole egg solids, sodium silico aluminate [processing aid]), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, corn starch), mono and diglycerides with citric acid added as an antioxidant, natural and artificial flavor (milk), salt, molasses (molasses, wheat starch, silicon dioxide [anti-caking agent], soy lecithin [processing aid]), caramel color.

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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