Concern

Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch

by Elevation

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100156058 · Elevation. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100156058 · Serving size 1 bar (44 g)

The verdict

Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch by Elevation scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Dark Chocolate Flavored Coating, Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Powder. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
4099100156058
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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

00156058 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Maltitol PHOTO-FINISH Low-Calorie Gridlock Energy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …156058 · July 2026

14 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Maltitol). Source sheet 00156058 · 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: Low-Calorie Gridlock Energy Drink · Nearest score peer is Low-Calorie Gridlock Energy Drink at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Snack Advance Bar Caramel…65/1002. Low-Calorie Gridlock Energy Drink: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Low-Calorie Gridlock Ener…65/1003. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Sandwich: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Bis…65/1004. Vanilla instant reduced calorie pudding & pie filling: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vanilla instant reduced c…65/1005. French Vanilla Coffee Creamer: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. French Vanilla Coffee Cre…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch (65/100 on 36 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch
65/100
Low-Calorie Gridlock Energy Drink
65/100
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Sandwich
65/100
Vanilla instant reduced calorie pudding & pie filling
65/100
French Vanilla Coffee Creamer
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 36 (91st 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 36 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dark Chocolate Flavored Coating
2
Palm Kernel Oil
3
Cocoa Powder
4
Whey Protein Isolate
5
Milk Protein Isolate
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Vanilla
9
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
10
Maltitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Skim Milk Powder
12
Cream
13
Milk
14
Cellulose Gel
15
Cellulose Gum
16
Butter
17
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
18
Natural Flavor
19
Disodium Phosphate
20
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
21
Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali
22
Soluble Tapioca Fiber
23
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
24
Soy Protein Isolate
25
Vitamin Mineral Blend
26
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
27
Vitamin E Acetate
28
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Vitamin A Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Vitamin D2
31
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Acacia Gum
35
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
36
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved

Full Ingredient List

dark chocolate flavored coating, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla, caramel, maltitol, palm kernel oil, skim milk powder, cream, milk, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, butter, whey, natural flavor, disodium phosphate, carrageenan, cocoa powder processed with alkali, soluble tapioca fiber, glycerin, soy protein isolate, cocoa powder, soy lecithin, natural flavor, vitamin mineral blend, ascorbic acid, vitamin E acetate, niacinamide, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D2, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, acacia gum, salt, soy lecithin, acesulfame potassium, sucralose

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch

Neighbours outside Elevation near Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Elevation; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Maltitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 36-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Maltitol. Open Maltitol
  • Compare Snack Advance Bar Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch's 3 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 4099100156058: 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.