How we scored this
PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 3 of 3 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Southern Style Buddascotch Oatmeal Cookies
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Flagged concerns
artificial flavor, artificial color , butter, unbleached flour , sugar, brown sugar, eggs, salt, ground cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda
Broad catch-all for synthetic dyes; ADHD links; potential carcinogens.
butterscotch chips , real vanilla, with other natural flavors,
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
Full ingredient list
Rolled oats, butterscotch chips (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, whey, nonfat milk, mono and diglycerides, soya lecithin (emulsifier), real vanilla, with other natural flavors, and artificial flavor, artificial color (blue 2 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake), butter, unbleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine monoitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, brown sugar, eggs, salt, ground cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda
Ingredient analysis
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