Cookies'N Cream Cake
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Cookies'N Cream Cake by Portland Specialty Baking receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Cookies'N Cream Cake by Portland Specialty Baking carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Cookies'N Cream Cake is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cake mix (sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached [flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, dry egg whites, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate], dry egg yolks, nonfat dry milk, dextrose, food starch-modified, soybean oil, salt, sorbitan monostearate, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids with bht as preservative, mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, caramel color, xanthan gum, calcium acetate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, guar gum, cellulose gum, corn starch, natural and artificial flavor, red #40, wheat starch, silicon dioxide, citric acid), water, powdered sugar, shortening (palm oil and soybean oil with mono - and diglycerides and polysorbate 60 added, tbhq and citric acid added to help protect flavor), hydrox oreo cookie (sugar, enriched wheat flour [contains niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}), vegetable shortening, [partially hydrogenated soybean oil], cocoa [processed with alkali], high fructose corn syrup, corn flour, whey, chocolate, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin - an emulsifier, and vanillin, an artificial flavor), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, calcium disodium edta added as a preservative, vitamin a palmitate added), soybean oil, white icing base (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed and/or palm oils], dextrose, maltodextrin, nonfat milk solids, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, propylene glycol, artificial flavor, cornstarch, citric acid, water), natural flavors.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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