Safe

Chocolate Truffle Hearts

by Aldi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100016192 · Aldi · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100016192

The verdict

Chocolate Truffle Hearts by Aldi scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with White Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Butter'. 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 55 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.

00016192 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Truffle Hearts label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Meatless jumbo Hot · ±0 BOOK-OFF …016192 · July 2026

9 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 00016192 · 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: Meatless jumbo Hot Dogs · Nearest score peer is Meatless jumbo Hot 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. Chocolate Truffle Hearts: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Truffle Hearts95/1002. Meatless jumbo Hot Dogs: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meatless jumbo Hot Dogs95/1003. Balance Multi-Grain cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Balance Multi-Grain cereal95/1004. Chicken Bouillon Cubes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Bouillon Cubes95/1005. Popcorn Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Popcorn Chicken95/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Truffle Hearts (95/100) outside Aldi.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Truffle Hearts
95/100
Meatless jumbo Hot Dogs
95/100
Balance Multi-Grain cereal
95/100
Chicken Bouillon Cubes
95/100
Popcorn Chicken
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. Chocolate Truffle Hearts 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

Chocolate Truffle Hearts lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 55 (97th 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 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
White Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cocoa Butter'
4
Dry Whole Milk
5
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
6
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
7
Soy Lecithin
8
Natural Vanilla Flavoring
9
Bittersweet Chocolate
10
Chocolate Liquor'
11
Cocoa Butter
12
Milk Chocolate
13
Chocolate Liquor
14
Condensed Milk
15
Milk
16
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
17
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Butter
19
Cream
20
Glucose Syrup
21
From Wheat
22
Mascarpone Cheese Powder
23
Nonfat Dry Milk
24
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
25
Concentrated Apple Puree
26
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
27
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
28
Black Currant Powder Color
29
Instant Coffee
30
Raspberry Juice Concentrate
31
Natural Flavors
32
Raspberry Powder
33
Strawberry Juice Concentrate
34
Rhubarb Juice Concentrate
35
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
36
Ground Bourbon Vanilla Bean
37
Raspberry Flavoring
38
Carrot Juice Concentrate
39
Aronia Juice Concentrate
40
Almond Pulp
41
Carrot Extract
42
Caramelized Sugar Syrup
43
Pumpkin Juice Concentrate And Carrot Juice Concentrate
44
Fructose Syrup
45
Dried Vanilla Extract. 'Rainforest Alliance Certified Find Out More At Ra.org
46
Soy
47
Wheat
48
Tree Nuts
49
Almonds
50
Hazelnuts
51
Organic Coconut
52
Pistachios
53
Walnuts
54
Macadamia Nuts
55
Peanuts

Full Ingredient List

WHITE CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER', DRY WHOLE MILK, WHEY, LACTOSE, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVORING), BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE (CHOCOLATE LIQUOR', SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVORING), MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER', DRY WHOLE MILK, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVORING), SUGAR, CONDENSED MILK (MILK, CARRAGEENAN), SORBITOL, BUTTER (CREAM), GLUCOSE SYRUP (FROM WHEAT), COCOA BUTTER, MASCARPONE CHEESE POWDER (MILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, CITRIC ACID), DRY WHOLE MILK, APPLE PUREE, INVERT SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, BLACK CURRANT POWDER COLOR, INSTANT COFFEE, RASPBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS MILK), RASPBERRY POWDER, CITRIC ACID, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, RHUBARB JUICE CONCENTRATE, PECTIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVORING, GROUND BOURBON VANILLA BEAN, NATURAL RASPBERRY FLAVORING, CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, ARONIA JUICE CONCENTRATE, ALMOND PULP, CARROT EXTRACT, CARAMELIZED SUGAR SYRUP, PUMPKIN JUICE CONCENTRATE AND CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, FRUCTOSE SYRUP, DRIED VANILLA EXTRACT. 'RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CERTIFIED FIND OUT MORE AT RA.ORG. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT, TREE NUTS (ALMONDS), MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF EGG, TREE NUTS (HAZELNUTS, COCONUT, PISTACHIOS, WALNUTS, MACADAMIA NUTS) AND PEANUTS.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies Bonbons

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Truffle Hearts

Neighbours outside Aldi with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Truffle Hearts (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Aldi; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Truffle Hearts's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Chocolate Truffle Hearts'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 4099100016192: 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.