Safe

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk

by Pillsbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0018000486557 · Pillsbury · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0018000486557 · Serving size 3 , FOUR-INCH PANCAKES (BATTER) (115 g)

The verdict

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk by Pillsbury scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Wheat Flour Bleached, Enriched Flour Bleached. 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 27 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0018000486557
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.

00486557 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-RARE Datem PHOTO-FINISH Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfast · ±0 BOOK-OFF …486557 · July 2026

12 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Datem). Source sheet 00486557 · 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: Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfast Bar Apple Cinnamon 30.5Oz · Nearest score peer is Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfast Bar Apple Cinnamon 30.5Oz 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. Pancake Batter, Buttermilk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pancake Batter, Buttermilk100/1002. Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfast Bar Apple Cinnamon 30.5Oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfas…100/1003. Rapid Hydration + Focus: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Rapid Hydration + Focus100/1004. Caramel Chocolatey Chunk Flavored Crispy Marshmallow Squares, Caramel Chocolatey Chunk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Caramel Chocolatey Chunk …100/1005. Kellogg s breakfast cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kellogg s breakfast cereal100/100
High-band neighbours for Pancake Batter, Buttermilk (100/100) outside Pillsbury.
Chart values as text

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

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk
100/100
Kellogg'S Cereal Breakfast Bar Apple Cinnamon 30.5Oz
100/100
Rapid Hydration + Focus
100/100
Caramel Chocolatey Chunk Flavored Crispy Marshmallow Squares, Caramel Chocolatey Chunk
100/100
Kellogg s breakfast cereal
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. Pancake Batter, 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

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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: 27 (82nd 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

1
Water
2
Wheat Flour Bleached
3
Enriched Flour Bleached
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
11
Soybean Oil
12
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Egg White
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Baking Soda
18
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
19
Buttermilk
20
Cultured Dextrose
21
Sodium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate
22
Preservatives
23
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
24
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
25
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
26
Mono And Diglycerides
27
Glucose Oxidase

Full Ingredient List

Water, Wheat Flour Bleached, Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Glycerin, Soybean Oil, Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Sorbitol, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Egg White, Salt, Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Dried Buttermilk, Cultured Dextrose, Sodium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Datem, Mono And Diglycerides, Glucose Oxidase.

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pancake Batter, Buttermilk

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pancake Batter, Buttermilk has a longer ingredient list than 82% 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 0018000486557: 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.