Cake Mix
Cake Mix appears in 75 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Cake Mix appears in 75 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 75
- catalogued products
- #3,802
- usage rank of 247,206
- 26
- named brands represented
- 6%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Reading this ingredient record
Audit the co-occurring flags first
54.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Cake Mix as the trigger. Open records such as 6' Layer Cake; Bacon & Cheese Brunchables Breakfast Sandwiches, Bacon & Cheese; Baristas' Favorite Cake and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 78.9/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 6% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
54.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 73 of 73 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Cake Mix sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#3,802 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #3,802
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 37 others that also appear in exactly 75 products, listed in more products than 98.5% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 6%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 75 products listing it (mean slot 3.7). Cake Mix usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
What else is usually in the same product as Cake Mix
Across the 75 products on this site that list Cake Mix, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set. Polysorbate 60 shows up about 25.7x more often with Cake Mix than in the catalogue at large.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Cake Mix products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polysorbate 60 | 27 | 36% | 1.4% |
| Red 40 | 17 | 22.7% | 5.4% |
| Yellow 5 | 16 | 21.3% | 4.8% |
| Carrageenan | 15 | 20% | 4.5% |
| Yellow 6 | 9 | 12% | 3.4% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Cake Mix
Products Containing Cake Mix
16 busy labels from the 75 indexed products that list Cake Mix:
Cake Mix vs other top-decile catalog footprints
Top-decile company for Cake Mix: 75 listings averaging 78.9/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Alfredo Sauce; Amaranth Seeds; Ascorbic Acid Added As Dough Conditioner.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Score-axis peers only, mean screening score among ingredients with ≥50 scored products, not a second count list.
Using the Cake Mix evidence
Start from Cake Mix's 75 catalogued appearances and the attached source fields, then open the product rows that match your use case.
- Open the product sample for Cake Mix and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
- Move to a second ingredient page and compare registry fields plus catalog mass side by side. Compare a peer
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Read the methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Cake Mix
How should I read safety signals when Cake Mix sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
54.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Cake Mix is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Cake Mix? ▼
Cake Mix ranks in the top decile by product count (#3,802 of 247,206), appearing in 75 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Cake Mix so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Cake Mix appears in 75 products (#3,802 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Cake Mix). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.