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Variety Dessert Bar

by Kirkland Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 19783130 · Kirkland Bakery. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 19783130 · Serving size 1 dessert bar (52 g)

The verdict

Variety Dessert Bar by Kirkland Bakery scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Sugar. Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Uit. 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 58 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
19783130
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

19783130 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Variety Dessert Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 9% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Blueberry Cheesecake Caramelized · ±0 BOOK-OFF …783130 · July 2026

5 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 19783130 · 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: Blueberry Cheesecake Caramelized Croissant · Nearest score peer is Blueberry Cheesecake Caramelized Croissant 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Variety Dessert Bar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Variety Dessert Bar95/1002. Blueberry Cheesecake Caramelized Croissant: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Blueberry Cheesecake Cara…95/1003. Turtles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Turtles95/1004. Caramel Apple Strudel Bites: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caramel Apple Strudel Bit…95/1005. Nitro cold brew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nitro cold brew95/100
High-band neighbours for Variety Dessert Bar (95/100) outside Kirkland Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Variety Dessert Bar
95/100
Blueberry Cheesecake Caramelized Croissant
95/100
Turtles
95/100
Caramel Apple Strudel Bites
95/100
Nitro cold brew
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Variety Dessert Bar lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar. Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Uit
4
B3. B1.b2.b9
5
Iron
6
Margarine
7
Palm & Palm Kernel & Canola Oils. Hater
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Hhey Powder. Mono-glycerides. Soy Lec - Ithin. Nat. Flavor
10
Citric Acid. Uit. A Palmitate & D3. Beta-carotene
11
Color
12
Organic Coconut
13
Pohd. Sugar
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Corn Starch
16
Water
17
Pro-pylene Glycol
18
Eggs
19
Halnuts
20
Pecans. Molasses. High Fat Cocoachith Alkali
21
Toffee Sauce
22
Glucose Syrup
23
Cream & Whipping Cream
24
Cream
25
Milk. Cellulose Gel
26
Milk Solids. Nonfat Dry Milk
27
Carra-geenan. Cellulose Gum
28
Buttercream. Salt
29
Nonfat Dry Milk
30
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
31
Soy Lecit - Hin
32
Sodium Citrate
33
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
34
Semi-sheet Chocolate
35
Chocolate Liquor. Cocoa Butter. Soy Lecithin. Nat Flavors
36
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
37
Chocolatey & White Confectionary Coating & Chips
38
Sugar. Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
39
Palm Oil
40
Organic Cocoa
41
Whey Powder. Nonfat Dry Milk. Dextrose
42
Chocolate Liquor. Soy Lecithin. Vanilla Extra - Ct
43
Nat. Flavor
44
Filling
45
Black Currant Puree
46
Lemon Juice Concentrate
47
Corn Starch
48
Fruit Puree
49
Raspberry. Strah - Berry
50
Blueberry
51
Pectin. Nat. Flavor
52
Canola Oil
53
Oats. Leavening
54
Sodiu - M Acid Pyrophosphate
55
Baking Soda. Monocalcium Phospha - Te
56
Citrus Pulp
57
Egg. Milk. Soy. Wheat. Tree Nuts
58
Coconut. Pecan. Halnut

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR. ENRICHED FLOUR(WHEAT FLOUR, UIT. [B3. B1.B2.B9]. IRON). MARGARINE(PALM & PALM KERNEL & CANOLA OILS. HATER, SALT, HHEY POWDER. MONO-GLYCERIDES. SOY LEC - ITHIN. NAT. FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID. UIT. A PALMITATE & D3. BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR]). COCONUT(COCONUT, POHD. SUGAR (SUGAR, CORN STARCH), WATER, PRO-PYLENE GLYCOL), EGGS, HALNUTS, PECANS. MOLASSES. HIGH FAT COCOACHITH ALKALI). WATER, TOFFEE SAUCE(GLUCOSE SYRUP, CREAM & WHIPPING CREAM(CREAM, MILK. CELLULOSE GEL, MILK SOLIDS. NONFAT DRY MILK, CARRA-GEENAN. CELLULOSE GUM). SUGAR, BUTTERCREAM. SALT), WATER, NONFAT DRY MILK, CARAMEL (COLOR). SOY LECIT - HIN, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN), SEMI-SHEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR. COCOA BUTTER. SOY LECITHIN. NAT FLAVORS), CORN SYRUP, CHOCOLATEY & WHITE CONFECTIONARY COATING & CHIPS(SUGAR. FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, COCOA, WHEY POWDER. NONFAT DRY MILK. DEXTROSE, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR. SOY LECITHIN. VANILLA EXTRA - CT, NAT. FLAVOR), FILLING(SUGAR, WATER, GLUCOSE SYRUP, BLACK CURRANT PUREE, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONCENTRATED FRUIT PUREE (RASPBERRY. STRAH - BERRY, BLUEBERRY), PECTIN. NAT. FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, OATS. LEAVENING(SODIU - M ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA. MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHA - TE), DRIED CITRUS PULP, SALT, NAT. FLAVOR. ALLERGEN INFORMATION: CONTAINS: EGG. MILK. SOY. WHEAT. TREE NUTS(COCONUT. PECAN. HALNUT) PRODUCED ON EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES PEANUTS. TREE NUTS AND SESAME. CONSUMERS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES. PLEASE READ INGREDIENT STATEMENT CAREFULLY. 008313 TOTAL PRICE &

High-score cross-brand comparables for Variety Dessert Bar

Neighbours outside Kirkland Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Variety Dessert Bar (95/100 here). No other Kirkland Bakery products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Variety Dessert Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Variety Dessert Bar'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 19783130: 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.