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Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0020652007660 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0020652007660 · Serving size 2/3 cup (92 g)

The verdict

Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 9 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Nonfat Milk, Cream, Buttermilk. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
9
Many flagged · of 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

52007660 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 9 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …007660 · July 2026

16 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 52007660 · 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

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored scores 92.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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 11,156 Desserts 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (9 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Nonfat Milk
2
Cream
3
Buttermilk
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Cake Pieces
6
Wheat Flour
7
Water
8
Palm Oil
9
Sprinkles
10
Corn Starch
11
Palm Kernel Oil
12
Sunflower Lecithin
13
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
14
Confectioner's Glaze
15
Colors
16
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
17
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
20
Natural And Artificial Flavor
21
Carnauba Wax
22
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
23
Egg Whites
24
Natural And Artificial Vanilla
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Soy Lecithin
27
Natural Flavor
28
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
29
Sequins
30
Rice Flour
31
Vegetable Oil
32
Palm Kernel
33
Gum Arabic
34
Cellulose Gum
35
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
36
Emulsifier
37
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Artificial Flavor
42
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Stabilizer
44
Mono & Diglycerides
45
Guar Gum
46
Locust Bean Gum
47
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Nonfat milk, cream, buttermilk, sugar, cake pieces [sugar, wheat flour, water, palm oil, sprinkles (sugar, corn starch, palm oil, palm kernel oil, sunflower lecithin, dextrin, confectioner's glaze, colors {yellow 5 lake, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake, red 3}, natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax, blue 1 {color}), egg whites, corn starch, natural and artificial vanilla, salt, soy lecithin {emulsifier}, natural flavor], corn syrup, sequins [sugar, rice flour, vegetable oil, (palm kernel and/or palm oil), corn starch, gum arabic, cellulose gum, confectioner's glaze, carrageenan, soy lecithin (emulsifier), colors (yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, blue 2 lake), artificial flavor], whey, stabilizer [mono & diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan], natural and artificial flavor, sea salt.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Cedar crest birthday cake yellow cake flavored's 9 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 0020652007660: 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.