Concern

Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5034660022039 · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5034660022039 · Serving size Per sachet (11 g powder + 200 ml) (100 g)

The verdict

Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Fat-reduced Cocoa Powder, Whey Powder, From Milk. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
5034660022039
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.

60022039 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …022039 · July 2026

6 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 60022039 · 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

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge scores 25.5 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 products (2%)

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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fat-reduced Cocoa Powder
 2
Whey Powder
 3
From Milk
 4
Skimmed Milk Powder
 5
Inulin
Other
Safe
6
Milk Chocolate
 7
Milk
 8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Cocoa Mass
 10
Cocoa Butter
 11
Vegetable Oils
 12
Palm And Shea In Various Proportions
 13
Emulsifiers
 14
Sunflower Lecithin
 15
Flavourings
 16
Glucose Syrup
 17
Palm Oil
 18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Thickener
 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
Milk Proteins
 22
Anti-caking Agent
 23
Sweeteners
 24
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
25
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
26
Emulsifier
 27
Organic Cocoa
 28
Traded In Compliance With Fairtrade Standards. Visit Www.info.fairtrade.net
 29
Source Of Phenylalanine

Full Ingredient List

Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder (21%), Whey Powder (From Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Inulin, Milk Chocolate (6%) [Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Vegetable Oils (Palm And Shea In Various Proportions), Emulsifiers (E442, Sunflower Lecithin), Flavourings], Glucose Syrup, Palm Oil, Flavourings, Salt, Sugar, Thickener (Carrageenan), Milk Proteins, Anti-Caking Agent (E551), Sweeteners (Aspartame, Acesulfame K), Emulsifier (E471). Cocoa, Sugar: Traded In Compliance With Fairtrade Standards. Visit Www.Info.Fairtrade.Netcontains A Source Of Phenylalanine.

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Source Of Phenylalanine is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 18 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Non-alcoholic beverages

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Cadbury Highlights Chocolate Drink Fudge'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 5034660022039: 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.