Pepperidge Farm Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche

Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche: 3/5 ingredient safety

Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche by Pepperidge Farm has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Biscuits

How This Score Is Built

Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche sits nationally

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

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

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

Made from: unbleached enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), sugar, vegetable oils (palm kernel, palm and/or interesterified and hydrogenated soybean and/or hydrogenated cottonseed), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor processed with alkali [dutched], chocolate liquor, skim milk powder, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), eggs, contains 2 percent or less of: cornstarch, dehydrated reduced mineral whey, milk, nonfat milk, egg whites, salt, annatto extract for color, caramel color, soy lecithin, natural flavors and leavening (baking soda).

Product Details

Barcode
0014100042631
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Safeway

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Frequently asked questions

Is Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche above or below average on ingredient safety?

Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Pepperidge farm cookies dulce de leche's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.