Concern

Fried Dough Sticks

by Synear

Open Food Facts label for barcode 6921665709012 · Synear · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 6921665709012 · Serving size 1 piece (45 g)

The verdict

Fried Dough Sticks by Synear scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

65709012 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fried Dough Sticks label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …709012 · July 2026

7 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 65709012 · 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: Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint · Nearest score peer is Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Fried Dough Sticks: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fried Dough Sticks55/1002. Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, …55/1003. Grenades, Grape Bomb: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Grenades, Grape Bomb55/1004. Carnivor: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Carnivor55/1005. Deli Sliced Hard Salami: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deli Sliced Hard Salami55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fried Dough Sticks (55/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fried Dough Sticks
55/100
Grenades, Sugarfree Gum, Atomic Peppermint
55/100
Grenades, Grape Bomb
55/100
Carnivor
55/100
Deli Sliced Hard Salami
55/100

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. Fried Dough Sticks scores 31.1 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Fried Dough Sticks lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Wheat Flour, Water, Soybean Oil, Compound Leavening Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate, Glucono-Delta-Lactone, Monobasic Calcium Phosphate, Citric Acid, DL-Malic Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Edible Corn Starch), Shortening (Palm Oil, Mono-And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Butylated Hydroxy Anisole (BHA), Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT), Glucose. Contains wheat, soybean; The product line also processes foods containing egg and milk. 有效期:請問包装上日期(月/日/年)

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Salty snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Doughnuts Fried foods Fried plant-based foods Frozen doughnuts Salty fritters

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Fried Dough Sticks

Neighbours outside Synear near Fried Dough Sticks's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Synear; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fried Dough Sticks's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Fried Dough Sticks'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 6921665709012: 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.