Safe

Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry

by Better Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0858312002270 · Better Bakery · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0858312002270 · Serving size 158.8 g (158.8 g)

The verdict

Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry by Better Bakery scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

12002270 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 46% LEAD-RARE Potassium Sorbate PHOTO-FINISH Beef Hot Bagel · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002270 · July 2026

11 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Sorbate). Source sheet 12002270 · 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: Beef Hot Bagel Dogs · Nearest score peer is Beef Hot Bagel Dogs 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweet Cream & Berry Pretz…100/1002. Beef Hot Bagel Dogs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beef Hot Bagel Dogs100/1003. Uncured beef franks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Uncured beef franks100/1004. Red Refried Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Red Refried Beans100/1005. Refried Black Beans: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Refried Black Beans100/100
High-band neighbours for Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry (100/100) outside Better Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry
100/100
Beef Hot Bagel Dogs
100/100
Uncured beef franks
100/100
Red Refried Beans
100/100
Refried Black Beans
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (54th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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

1
Wheat Flour
2
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
3
Reduced Iron
4
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Enzyme
8
Malted Barley Flour
9
Dried Cream Cheese
10
Pasteurized
11
Cultured Milk And Cream
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Carob Bean Gum
14
Water
15
Marion Berry Filling
16
Marion Berries
17
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Corn Starch
19
Natural Flavors
20
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Preservative
22
Agar
23
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
24
Unsalted Butter
25
Pasteurized Cream
26
Flavorings
27
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
28
Starter Distillate
29
Nonfat Dry Milk
30
Egg
31
Yeast
32
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
33
Vanilla Extract
34
Dough Conditioner
35
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Soybean Oil
37
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid. [may contain vitamin c {ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner}, enzyme {added for improved baking}, malted barley flour]), cream cheese (pasteurized, cultured milk and cream, salt, carob bean gum), water, marion berry filling ( marion berries, sugar, water, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, natural flavors, potassium sorbate [preservative], agar, citric acid), unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings [lactic acid, starter distillate]), nonfat dry milk, egg, yeast, cornstarch, salt, vanilla extract, dough conditioner (wheat flour, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid, soybean oil, enzymes).

Other products containing Marion Berries

Marion Berries is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry

Neighbours outside Better Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Better Bakery; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (37 on 0858312002270).

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

11 of 37 parsed ingredients on Sweet Cream & Berry Pretzel Pastry match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

  • Review Potassium Sorbate as the most distinctive source-covered entry on this label. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare this product with a nearby cross-brand screening score. Compare labels
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0858312002270: 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.