English toffee ready to bake bag full of cookies, english toffee

100
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

English toffee ready to bake bag full of cookies, english toffee receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0830825001216
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1.13 ONZ (32 g)

What the Data Says About

English toffee ready to bake bag full of cookies, english toffee carries a composite safety score of 100/100, 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 did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.

On the NOVA processing scale, English toffee ready to bake bag full of cookies, english toffee 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 English toffee ready to bake bag full of cookies, english toffee
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 100/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 0 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Vegetable Shortening
10
Soybean Oil
11
Fully Refined Soybean Oil
12
Macaroon Coconut
13
Organic Coconut
14
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
15
English Toffee
16
Vegetable Oil
17
Palm Oil And Sunflower Oil
18
Dairy Butter
19
Milk
20
Almonds
21
Or Less Of: Salt
22
Soy Lecithin
23
Water
24
Vegetable Margarine
25
Liquid Soybean Oil
26
Palm Oil
27
Palm Kernel Oil
28
Skim Milk
29
Cultured Skim Milk
30
Less Of: Salt
31
Mono And Diglycerides And Soy Lecithin
32
Used As Emulsifiers
33
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
34
To Preserve Freshness
35
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Colored With Beta Carotene
37
Source Of Vitamin A
38
Natural And Artificial Flavors
39
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
40
Whole Egg Solids
41
Sodium Silico Aluminate
42
Processing Aid
43
Pasteurized Non-fat Dry Milk
44
Natural And Artificial Flavor
45
Leavening
46
Baking Soda
47
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
48
Corn Starch
49
Monocalcium Phosphate
50
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, vegetable shortening (soybean oil, fully hydrogenated soybean oil), macaroon coconut (coconut, sodium metabisulfite), english toffee (sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil and sunflower oil), dairy butter [milk], almonds; contains 2% or less of: salt, soy lecithin), water, vegetable margarine (liquid soybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, skim milk, cultured skim milk, contains 2% of 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), invert sugar, whole egg solids (whole egg solids, sodium silico aluminate [processing aid]), pasteurized non-fat dry milk, natural and artificial flavor (milk), leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), salt.

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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