Concern

Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix

by Betty Crocker

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000145672 · Betty Crocker · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000145672 · Serving size 1 BOWL (35 g)

The verdict

Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix by Betty Crocker scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 48-component record, beginning with Caramel Sauce, Corn Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0016000145672
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00145672 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Lucky Charms Treats · ±0 BOOK-OFF …145672 · July 2026

15 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00145672 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Lucky Charms Treats · Nearest score peer is Lucky Charms Treats at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Betty Crocker, Warm Delig…50/1002. Lucky Charms Treats: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lucky Charms Treats50/1003. Lucky Charms: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Lucky Charms50/1004. Fruity Lucky Charms: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fruity Lucky Charms50/1005. Frosted Toasted Oat Cereal With Marshmallows: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Toasted Oat Cerea…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix (50/100 on 48 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix
50/100
Lucky Charms Treats
50/100
Lucky Charms
50/100
Fruity Lucky Charms
50/100
Frosted Toasted Oat Cereal With Marshmallows
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix scores 40.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,898 Cooking helpers products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Caramel Sauce
2
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk
4
Condensed Skim Milk
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Water
7
Cream
8
Corn Starch
9
Butter
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
12
Mono And Diglycerides
13
Colored With
14
Artificial Color
15
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
16
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
17
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
18
Preservative
19
Artificial Flavor
20
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
21
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
22
Sulfiting Agents
ANTIOXIDANT
GRAS
23
Enriched Flour Bleached
24
Whet Flour
25
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Iron
27
Thiamin Mononitrate
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean
31
Cottonseed Oil
32
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
33
Corn Starch
34
Cellulose Powder
35
Distilled Monoglycerides
36
Leavening
37
Baking Soda
38
Monocalcium Phosphate
39
Whey Protein Isolate
40
Egg Whites
41
Corn Syrup Solids
42
Nonfat Milk
43
Soy Lecithin
44
Cellulose Gum
45
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
46
Freshness Preserved By Bht
47
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
48
Tocopherol And Ascorbic Acid

Full Ingredient List

Caramel Sauce (Corn Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk [Condensed Skim Milk, Sugar, Corn Syrup], Water, Cream, Modified Corn Starch, Butter, Sugar, Salt, Gellan Gum, Mono And Diglycerides, Colored With [Artificial Color, Yellow 5, Yellow 6], Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sulfiting Agents), Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (Whet Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Corn Starch, Cellulose Powder, Distilled Monoglycerides, Modified Corn Starch, Leavening (Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate), Whey Protein Isolate, Dried Egg Whites, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Caseinate, Freshness Preserved By Bht, Citric Acid, Tocopherol And Ascorbic Acid.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix

Neighbours outside Betty Crocker near Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Betty Crocker; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Betty Crocker, Warm Delights Minis, Molten Caramel Cake Mix's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0016000145672: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.