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Great Value Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-08-22 · Great Value

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Great Value day of the dead paint-a-sugar cookie kit, day of the dead paint-a-sugar received a Longevity Score of 30 out of 100 (special occasion choice). High sugar content with artificial colors and preservatives. Strengths include low saturated fat and moderate sodium, while main considerations include high sugar content, refined flour, and artificial colors.

Longevity Score 30/100

What helped the score?

  • Low saturated fat
  • Moderate sodium

What held the score back?

  • High sugar content
  • Refined flour
  • Artificial colors

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Source data, GTIN, and Food Quality Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Great Value Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar
Category
Snacks (source: Cookies & Biscuits)
GTIN / UPC
00078742374567
Serving size
32 GRM (1/12 package)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Food Quality Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Great Value

Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

High sugar content with artificial colors and preservatives.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

0g fiber

0% DV

High Added Sugar

13g added sugar

26% DV

Refined Grains

refined flour

Artificial Colors

FD&C Red #40

Contains Seed Oils

canola oil

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Low saturated fat
  • Moderate sodium

Key Concerns

  • High sugar content
  • Refined flour
  • Artificial colors
  • Preservatives included

Ingredient Signals

Processing signals

refined flourpreservatives

Seed oils

canola oil

Artificial colors

FD&C Red #40FD&C Yellow #5FD&C Blue #1FD&C Yellow #6FD&C Red #3

Ingredients

Ingredient list

COOKIE MIX (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BAKING POWDER [SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], BAKING SODA, SALT), ROYAL ICING MIX (POWDERED SUGAR [SUGAR, CORN STARCH], DRIED EGG WHITES, CREAM OF TARTAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), ICING PEN (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING [PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60], WATER, CORN SYRUP, FD&C RED #40, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, FD&C BLUE #1, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE], FD&C YELLOW #5, FD&C YELLOW #6, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), EDIBLE WATERCOLOR PALETTES (RICE FLOUR, WATER, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, GLYCERIN, FD&C RED #40, FD&C YELLOW #5, FD&C BLUE #1, FD&C YELLOW #6, FD&C RED #3, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE]).

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

120

6% DV

Total Carbs

27g

10% DV

Protein

2g

4% DV

Saturated Fat

0g

0% DV

Fiber

0g

0% DV

Net Carbs

27g

10% DV

Sugar

13g

Added Sugar

13g

26% DV

Total Fat

0g

0% DV

Sodium

100mg

4% DV

Unsaturated Fat

0g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1206% DV
Total Carbs27g10% DV
Protein2g4% DV
Saturated Fat0g0% DV
Fiber0g0% DV
Net Carbs27g10% DV
Sugar13g—
Added Sugar13g26% DV
Total Fat0g0% DV
Sodium100mg4% DV
Unsaturated Fat0g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher net carbs (27g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low saturated fat (0g)

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (2g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher sugar (13g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (13g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (13g of 27g carbs)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Great Value Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Great Value Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Great Value Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar Cookie Kit, Day Of The Dead Paint-A-Sugar: 13g added sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Low saturated fat; Moderate sodium.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: High sugar content; Refined flour; Artificial colors.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Snacks, selected from the same Food Quality Guide catalog.

Source data and Food Quality Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Food Quality Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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