Cheesecake
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Cheesecake 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
Cheesecake 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, Cheesecake 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
Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizer (carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums), water, whey protein concentrate, modified food starch, salt, cream, lactic acid, milk, potassium sorbate, xanthan gum, cheese culture, natural flavor, enzymes), sugar, chocolate cookie crumb (enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, canola oil, cocoa processed with alkali, salt sodium bicarbonate), eggs, sour cream (cultured cream, food starch-modified, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate), margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, colored with annatto, calcium disodium edta, vitamin a palmitate added), cocoa powder, vanilla, white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, nonfat dry milk, butter oil, soya lecithin, natural vanilla extract), semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla), flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cornstarch, chocolate (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, buttermilk, cocoa, milkfat, hydrogenated palm oil, sorbitan monostearate and soya lecithin and polysorbate-60, natural and artificial flavors), water, concentrated orange juice, lemon juice, heavy cream (heavy cream, carrageenan and mono and diglycerides), salt, black cocoa, baking powder (sodium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium sulphate, calcium phosphate), glucose, corn syrup.
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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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