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Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough

by Specially Selected

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100146721 · Specially Selected. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100146721 · Serving size 1 cookie (38 g)

The verdict

Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough by Specially Selected scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
4099100146721
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.

00146721 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Grill style Steakhouse · ±0 BOOK-OFF …146721 · July 2026

14 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 00146721 · 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: Grill style Steakhouse style beans · Nearest score peer is Grill style Steakhouse style beans 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. Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sea Salt Caramel Chocolat…95/1002. Grill style Steakhouse style beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Grill style Steakhouse st…95/1003. 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk95/1004. Summit cola: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Summit cola95/1005. Cola: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cola95/100
High-band neighbours for Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough (95/100) outside Specially Selected.
Chart values as text

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

Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough
95/100
Grill style Steakhouse style beans
95/100
1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk
95/100
Summit cola
95/100
Cola
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (95th 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 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Ascorbic Acid Added As A Dough Conditioner
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Margarine
11
Palm Oil
12
Palm-kernel Oil
13
Canola Oil
14
Water
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Whey Powder
17
Milk
18
Vegetable Monoglycerides
19
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
20
Natural Flavor
21
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Vitamin D3
23
Semi-sweet Chocolate Chunks
24
Unsweetened Chocolate
25
Cocoa Butter
26
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Emulsifier
29
Vanilla Extract
30
Caramel Bits
31
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
32
Liquid Sugar
33
Nonfat Milk
34
Butter
35
Cream
36
Mono And Diglycerides
37
Eggs
38
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Molasses
40
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
41
Baking Soda
42
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
43
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER), SUGAR, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, PALM-KERNEL OIL, CANOLA OIL, WATER, SALT, WHEY POWDER [MILK], VEGETABLE MONOGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3), SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHUNKS (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], VANILLA EXTRACT, MILK), CARAMEL BITS (SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, LIQUID SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, PALM OIL, BUTTER [CREAM {MILK}, SALT, SALT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN), EGGS, WATER, INVERT SUGAR, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, BAKING SODA, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR (SULFITES)

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough

Neighbours outside Specially Selected with screening scores in the same high band as Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Specially Selected; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Sea Salt Caramel Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough'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 4099100146721: 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.