Spaans Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies: 3.2/5 ingredient safety

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies by Spaans has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.2 out of 5, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.2 Top 93% higher than 7% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.2
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), SUGAR FREE CHOCOLATE CHIPS (MALTITOL, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), COCOA BUTTER, SORBITAN TRISTEARATE, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA), SHORTENING, (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL), MALTODEXTRIN**, POLYDEXTROSE**, SORBITOL**, MACADAMIA NUTS, COCONUT, WHOLE EGGS, BICARBONATE OF SODA, SALT, ASPARTAME, BUTTER FLAVOR, CREAM OF TARTAR, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, CARAMEL COLOR**, VANILLA. ** ADDS A TRIVIAL AMOUNT OF SUGAR.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Spaans
Barcode
0038749832576
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies's 3.2/5 average puts it in the lower 93%, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.2/5 rating on Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies's mapped ingredients average out to 3.2/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.