Caution

Strawberry Bites

by Snack Farm

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850070450430 · Snack Farm · Fruit-snack. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850070450430

The verdict

Strawberry Bites by Snack Farm scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Strawberry Bites Corn Syrup, Sugam, Wnets Four. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850070450430
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

70450430 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberry Bites label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Krispy Krunch Fruity · ±0 BOOK-OFF …450430 · July 2026

10 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 70450430 · 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: Krispy Krunch Fruity Pops Cereal · Nearest score peer is Krispy Krunch Fruity Pops Cereal 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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. Strawberry Bites: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberry Bites75/1002. Krispy Krunch Fruity Pops Cereal: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Krispy Krunch Fruity Pops…75/1003. Cut-Out Cookie Dough Snickerdoodle: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cut-Out Cookie Dough Snic…75/1004. Glaze: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Glaze75/1005. Original nutrition shake: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original nutrition shake75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Strawberry Bites (75/100 on 25 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Strawberry Bites
75/100
Krispy Krunch Fruity Pops Cereal
75/100
Cut-Out Cookie Dough Snickerdoodle
75/100
Glaze
75/100
Original nutrition shake
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88 products we've scored in the Fruit-snack category, the average safety score is 97.2/100. Strawberry Bites scores 22.2 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 97.2/100), 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 Fruit-snack products

Strawberry Bites lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 70 products we track

2–4: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 4–6: 7 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 10 products (14%). Below this entry. 8–10: 8 products (11%). Below this entry. 10–12: 10 products (14%). Below this entry. 12–14: 9 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 6 products (9%). Below this entry. 24–26: 2 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Fruit-snack 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

70 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 25 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
4 products (6%)
4–6
7 products (10%)
6–8
10 products (14%)
8–10
8 products (11%)
10–12
10 products (14%)
12–14
9 products (13%)
14–16
3 products (4%)
16–18
1 products (1%)
18–20
2 products (3%)
20–22
4 products (6%)
22–24
6 products (9%)
24–26
2 products (3%)
26–28
1 products (1%)
28–30
1 products (1%)
34–36
1 products (1%)
40 and above
1 products (1%)

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 70 Fruit-snack 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Strawberry Bites Corn Syrup
2
Sugam
3
Wnets Four
4
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
5
Pattin
6
Palm Oil
7
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
8
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
9
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
10
Artificial Flavors
11
Diglycerides
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Glyamin
14
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Chamay
16
Water
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Chili Peppers
19
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
20
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
21
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
As
23
Preservatives
24
Fd&c Red
25
40. Chili Sensoning

Full Ingredient List

Strawberry Bites Corn Syrup, Sugam, wnets Four, Modified, Cornstarch, Pattin, Palm Oil,, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Lactic Acid,, Artificial Flavors, Diglycerides, Salt,, Glyamin, FD&C Red #40). Chamay, (Water, Salt, Sugar, Citric Acid,, Chili Peppers, Artificial Flavors,, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate, and Potassium Sorbate (as, Preservatives) and FD&C Red, #40. Chili Sensoning.

Categories

Fruit-snack

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberry Bites

Neighbours outside Snack Farm near Strawberry Bites's mid-band score (75/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Snack Farm; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Strawberry Bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Strawberry Bites's 1 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 0850070450430: 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.