Concern

Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit

by Royal

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0844527033369 · Royal · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0844527033369 · Serving size 1 COOKIE (15 g)

The verdict

Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit by Royal scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0844527033369
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

27033369 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 37% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Crafty Cooking Kits, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …033369 · July 2026

10 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 27033369 · 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: Crafty Cooking Kits, Easter Egg Rainbow Sugar Cookie Kit · Nearest score peer is Crafty Cooking Kits, Easter Egg Rainbow Sugar Cookie Kit at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Royal hearts iced sugar c…50/1002. Crafty Cooking Kits, Easter Egg Rainbow Sugar Cookie Kit: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crafty Cooking Kits, East…50/1003. Red Sweet Hearts Treat Toppers: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Red Sweet Hearts Treat To…50/1004. In The Mix, Carrot Cake Scone Kit: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. In The Mix, Carrot Cake S…50/1005. Crafty cooking kits, pudding and cake cups kit: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Crafty cooking kits, pudd…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit (50/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit
50/100
Crafty Cooking Kits, Easter Egg Rainbow Sugar Cookie Kit
50/100
Red Sweet Hearts Treat Toppers
50/100
In The Mix, Carrot Cake Scone Kit
50/100
Crafty cooking kits, pudding and cake cups kit
50/100

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. Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 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

Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 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: 21 (63rd 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Cookie mix: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, natural and artificial flavors, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), sodium bicarbonate, salt. royal icing mix: confectioners' sugar (sugar, corn starch), dried egg whites, cream of tartar, natural and artificial flavor. color powder: dextrose, red 40, red 40 lake.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Cooking helpers Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Baking Mixes Cake mixes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit

Neighbours outside Royal near Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Royal; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Royal hearts iced sugar cookie kit's 2 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 0844527033369: 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.