Safe

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk

by General Mills

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000284715 · General Mills · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000284715 · Serving size 0.5 cup (53 g)

The verdict

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk by General Mills scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Flour Bleached, Wheat Flour, Niacin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0016000284715
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00284715 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-RARE Benzoyl Peroxide PHOTO-FINISH Packed sustained energy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …284715 · July 2026

8 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Benzoyl Peroxide). Source sheet 00284715 · 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: Packed sustained energy bar - almond butter & blueberry · Nearest score peer is Packed sustained energy bar - almond butter & blueberry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Complete Pancake Mix, But…100/1002. Packed sustained energy bar - almond butter & blueberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Packed sustained energy b…100/1003. Original Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Flavor100/1004. Old El Paso Soft Taco Bake Dinner Kit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Old El Paso Soft Taco Bak…100/1005. Soft taco dinner kit imp: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soft taco dinner kit imp100/100
High-band neighbours for Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk (100/100) outside General Mills.
Chart values as text

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

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk
100/100
Packed sustained energy bar - almond butter & blueberry
100/100
Original Flavor
100/100
Old El Paso Soft Taco Bake Dinner Kit
100/100
Soft taco dinner kit imp
100/100

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. Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 25 (79th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Benzoyl Peroxide), Whole Wheat Flour, Inulin, Sugar, Canola Oil, Defatted Soy Flour, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Dried Egg Whites, Dried Egg Yolks With Sodium Silicoaluminate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Buttermilk, Salt, Corn Starch, Dextrose, Artificial Flavor.

Other products containing Dried Egg Yolks With Sodium Silicoaluminate

Dried Egg Yolks With Sodium Silicoaluminate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk

Neighbours outside General Mills with screening scores in the same high band as Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Complete Pancake Mix, Buttermilk has a longer ingredient list than 79% of its Cooking helpers category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0016000284715: 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.