Concern

Pumpkin Pie

by Home Chef Kitchen Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0855883003088 · Home Chef Kitchen Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0855883003088 · Serving size 4.4 ONZ (126 g)

The verdict

Pumpkin Pie by Home Chef Kitchen Inc. scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Organic Pumpkin, Sugar, Graham Cracker Crumbs. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 34 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

83003088 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pumpkin Pie label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Sqwincher sqweeze · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003088 · July 2026

12 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 83003088 · 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: Sqwincher sqweeze · Nearest score peer is Sqwincher sqweeze 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Pumpkin Pie: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pumpkin Pie50/1002. Sqwincher sqweeze: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sqwincher sqweeze50/1003. Pompeii, Produce Enhancers, Smoothie Strawberry Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pompeii, Produce Enhancer…50/1004. Italian Style Pasta Rotini Pasta, Olives, Onion And Bell Peppers In Golden Italian Dressing Salad, Italian Style Pasta: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Style Pasta Rotin…50/1005. Mini Car Fruit Flavor Jelly: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mini Car Fruit Flavor Jel…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pumpkin Pie (50/100 on 34 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pumpkin Pie
50/100
Sqwincher sqweeze
50/100
Pompeii, Produce Enhancers, Smoothie Strawberry Mix
50/100
Italian Style Pasta Rotini Pasta, Olives, Onion And Bell Peppers In Golden Italian Dressing Salad, Italian Style Pasta
50/100
Mini Car Fruit Flavor Jelly
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. Pumpkin Pie 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

Pumpkin Pie lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 34 (85th 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 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Pumpkin
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Graham Cracker Crumbs
4
Graham Flour
5
Enriched Flour
6
Wheat Flour
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Reduced Iron
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Corn Flour
13
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening
14
Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
15
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
16
Molasses
17
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Honey
19
Leavening
20
Baking Soda
21
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
22
Corn Starch
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Artificial Color
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Natural Flavor
28
Eggs
29
Milk
30
Palm Oil
31
Brown Sugar
32
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Spices
34
Natural And Artificial Flavors

Full Ingredient List

Organic pumpkin, sugar, graham cracker crumbs (graham flour, enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, corn flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening [soybean and cottonseed oils], corn syrup, molasses, whey, honey, leavening [baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, corn starch], salt, artificial color [yellow 5, yellow 6], natural flavor), eggs, milk, palm oil, brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, spices, natural and artificial flavors, salt.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Sweet pies Pies Pumpkin pies

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pumpkin Pie

Neighbours outside Home Chef Kitchen Inc. near Pumpkin Pie's mid-band score (50/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Home Chef Kitchen Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pumpkin Pie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Pumpkin Pie'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 0855883003088: 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.