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Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach

by Zaro's Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0979797069982 · Zaro's Bakery · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0979797069982 · Serving size 1 ONZ (28 g)

The verdict

Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach by Zaro's Bakery scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Unbleached Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

97069982 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Zaro's family bakery, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …069982 · July 2026

9 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 97069982 · 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: Zaro's family bakery, chocolate mousse cake · Nearest score peer is Zaro's family bakery, chocolate mousse cake 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. Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Zaro's bakery, chocolate …95/1002. Zaro's family bakery, chocolate mousse cake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Zaro's family bakery, cho…95/1003. Rich's, Baked New York Style Cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rich's, Baked New York St…95/1004. Soft Round Granola Bar, Cinnamon: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Soft Round Granola Bar, C…95/1005. Soft Whip Pourable Topping: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soft Whip Pourable Topping95/100
High-band neighbours for Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach (95/100) outside Zaro's Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach
95/100
Zaro's family bakery, chocolate mousse cake
95/100
Rich's, Baked New York Style Cheesecake
95/100
Soft Round Granola Bar, Cinnamon
95/100
Soft Whip Pourable Topping
95/100

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. Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 44 (93rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Unbleached Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Iron
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Butter
9
Dried Cream Cheese
10
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
11
Cheese Culture
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Carob Bean Gum
14
Guar Gum
15
Chocolate Filling
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Palm Oil
18
Soybean Oil
19
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
20
Sour Cream
21
Cultured Milk
22
Cream
23
Modified Food Starch
24
Sodium Citrate
25
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
26
Locust Bean Gum
27
Crumbs
28
Water
29
Egg
30
Bleached Enriched Flour
31
Soy Oil
32
Corn Starch
33
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
34
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
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
36
Mono And Diglycerides
37
Cashews
38
Chocolate Chips
39
Chocolate Liquor
40
Cocoa Butter
41
Milk Fat
42
Soy Lecithin
43
Organic Vanilla Powder
44
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), butter, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum), chocolate filling (sugar, palm oil, soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali), sour cream (cultured milk, cream, modified food starch, sodium citrate, carrageenan, guar gum, locust bean gum) crumbs (water, egg, bleached enriched flour [wheat flour, iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid], sugar, soy oil, palm oil, modified corn starch, whey, wheat gluten, sodium acid pyrophosphate, mono and diglycerides), cashews, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, vanilla powder, natural flavor)

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Pastries

High-score cross-brand comparables for Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach

Neighbours outside Zaro's Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach (95/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Zaro's Bakery; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Zaro's bakery, chocolate rugelach'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 0979797069982: 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.