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Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal

by Catalina Crunch

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850044112098 · Catalina Crunch · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850044112098 · Serving size 1 portion (36 g)

The verdict

Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal by Catalina Crunch scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Catalina Flour, Tapioca Flour, Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 13 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

44112098 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 37% LEAD-FLAG Allulose PHOTO-FINISH progresso loaded potato · ±0 BOOK-OFF …112098 · July 2026

3 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Allulose). Source sheet 44112098 · 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: progresso loaded potato with bacon · Nearest score peer is progresso loaded potato with bacon at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Blueberry Muffin Protein …100/1002. progresso loaded potato with bacon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. progresso loaded potato w…100/1003. Fresh Chunky Guacamole Original Natural: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fresh Chunky Guacamole Or…100/1004. Pitted Prunes Dried Plums: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pitted Prunes Dried Plums100/1005. Pitted Prunes Dried Plums: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pitted Prunes Dried Plums100/100
High-band neighbours for Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal (100/100) outside Catalina Crunch.
Chart values as text

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

Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal
100/100
progresso loaded potato with bacon
100/100
Fresh Chunky Guacamole Original Natural
100/100
Pitted Prunes Dried Plums
100/100
Pitted Prunes Dried Plums
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (63rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Catalina Flour, Tapioca Flour, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Blueberries, Allulose, Leavening (Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Calcium Carbonate), Natural Flavors, Stevia Extract, Yeast Extract, Salt.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Breakfasts Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Breakfast cereals Breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

High-score cross-brand comparables for Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal

Neighbours outside Catalina Crunch with screening scores in the same high band as Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Catalina Crunch; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Allulose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Allulose. Open Allulose
  • Compare Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal's 0 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 0850044112098: 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.