Western family, cookies with candy bits, chocolate chip
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Product Insight: Western family, cookies with candy bits, chocolate chip
Western family, cookies with candy bits, chocolate chip by Western Family, Western Family Foods Inc. is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 3 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is E, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 0 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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 flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, palm oil, soybean oil), sugar, candy drops (sugar, palm oil, cocoa, cocoa [processed with alkali], dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial coloring [yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, blue 1, red 40 lake, red 3, blue 2 lake] carnauba wax, confectioners glaze), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, vanillin), high fructose corn syrup, leavening (sodium bicarbonate; monocalcium phosphate, ammonium bicarbonate), salt, artificial flavor, caramel color, soy lecithin (emulsifier).
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0015400173964
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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