John Kelly Chocolates, Handcrafted Chocolate Collection, Eight Piece Truffle Fudge And Cluster Assortment

by John Kelly Foods Inc.

95
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

John Kelly Chocolates, Handcrafted Chocolate Collection, Eight Piece Truffle Fudge And Cluster Assortment by John Kelly Foods Inc. 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
0855580001363
Nutri-Score
e
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1 ONZ (28 g)

What the Data Says About

John Kelly Chocolates, Handcrafted Chocolate Collection, Eight Piece Truffle Fudge And Cluster Assortment by John Kelly Foods Inc. 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, John Kelly Chocolates, Handcrafted Chocolate Collection, Eight Piece Truffle Fudge And Cluster Assortment 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. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for John Kelly Chocolates, Handcrafted Chocolate Collection, Eight Piece Truffle Fudge And Cluster Assortment
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 E OpenFoodFacts

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

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Semi-sweet Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Chocolate Liquor
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Milk Fat
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Vanilla Extract
8
Cane Sugar
9
Evaporated Milk
10
Milk
11
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
13
Vitamin D3
14
Butter
15
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
16
Brown Sugar
17
Tapioca Syrup
18
Cream
19
Whole Milk
20
Vanilla
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Walnuts
23
Chocolate Flavored Confectionery
24
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
25
Cocoa Powder
26
Skim Milk Powder
27
Demineralized Whey
28
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
White Chocolate
30
Whole Milk Powder
31
Chocolate Liquor
32
Peanut Butter
33
Roasted Peanuts
34
Palm Oil
35
Tapioca Syrup
36
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
37
Kosher Salt
38
Vanilla Extract
39
Hawaiian Alaea Sea Salt
40
Mediterranean Sea Salt
41
French Grey Sea Salt

Full Ingredient List

Semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla extract), cane sugar, evaporated milk (milk, dipotassium phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3), butter, caramel (brown sugar, organic tapioca syrup, cream, butter, sugar, concentrated whole milk, vanilla, salt), walnuts, chocolate flavored confectionery (sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, cocoa powder, skim milk powder, demineralized whey, lactose, soy lecithin, vanilla), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla), natural chocolate liquor, natural peanut butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, salt), tapioca syrup, invert sugar, kosher salt, vanilla extract, hawaiian alaea sea salt, mediterranean sea salt, french grey sea salt.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies Bonbons Chocolate truffles

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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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial