Safe

Cacao nibs

by The Raw Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0857554001669 · The Raw Bakery · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0857554001669 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Cacao nibs by The Raw Bakery scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 2 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Premium, Cacao Nibs, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 2 analyzed
Group 1
Unprocessed
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

90/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 1

Unprocessed or minimally processed

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.

54001669 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cacao nibs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 2 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G1 G1 unprocessed NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 99% PHOTO-FINISH Peruvian Cacao Powder · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001669 · July 2026

None of the 2 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 54001669 · 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: Peruvian Cacao Powder · Nearest score peer is Peruvian Cacao Powder 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Cacao nibs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cacao nibs100/1002. Peruvian Cacao Powder: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Peruvian Cacao Powder100/1003. Authentic Belgian Cuisine Waffles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Authentic Belgian Cuisine…100/1004. Prince waffles, waffles, apple cinnamon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Prince waffles, waffles, …100/1005. Prince waffles, waffles, chocolate chip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Prince waffles, waffles, …100/100
High-band neighbours for Cacao nibs (100/100) outside The Raw Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Cacao nibs
100/100
Peruvian Cacao Powder
100/100
Authentic Belgian Cuisine Waffles
100/100
Prince waffles, waffles, apple cinnamon
100/100
Prince waffles, waffles, chocolate chip
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 2,509 products we've scored in the Baking-decorations category, the average safety score is 65.2/100. Cacao nibs scores 34.8 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 65.2/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Baking-decorations products

Cacao nibs lists 2 ingredients on its label

2 1st percentile a longer ingredient list than 1% of the 2,313 products we track

0–2: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 46 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 4–6: 171 products (7%). Above this entry. 6–8: 322 products (14%). Above this entry. 8–10: 264 products (11%). Above this entry. 10–12: 335 products (14%). Above this entry. 12–14: 253 products (11%). Above this entry. 14–16: 201 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 186 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Above this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Baking-decorations 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

2,313 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 2 (1st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
13 products (1%)
2–4
46 products (2%)
4–6
171 products (7%)
6–8
322 products (14%)
8–10
264 products (11%)
10–12
335 products (14%)
12–14
253 products (11%)
14–16
201 products (9%)
16–18
186 products (8%)
18–20
161 products (7%)
20–22
106 products (5%)
22–24
78 products (3%)
24–26
69 products (3%)
26–28
41 products (2%)
28–30
28 products (1%)
30–32
13 products (1%)
32–34
8 products (0%)
34–36
3 products (0%)
36–38
3 products (0%)
38–40
4 products (0%)
40 and above
8 products (0%)

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 2,313 Baking-decorations 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

Full Ingredient List

Premium, organic, raw cacao nibs.

Categories

Baking-decorations

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cacao nibs

Neighbours outside The Raw Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Cacao nibs (100/100 here). No other The Raw Bakery products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Cacao nibs has a shorter ingredient list than 99% of its Baking-decorations category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0857554001669: 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.