Avoid

Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet

by Dierbergs Bakehouse

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0023933682778 · Dierbergs Bakehouse · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0023933682778 · Serving size 1 slice (80 g)

The verdict

Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet by Dierbergs Bakehouse scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Sugar, Eggs, Bleached Wheat Flour. 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
6
Many flagged · of 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

33682778 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Greg's Crazy Good · ±0 BOOK-OFF …682778 · July 2026

12 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 33682778 · 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: Greg's Crazy Good Trail Mix Crunchers · Nearest score peer is Greg's Crazy Good Trail Mix Crunchers at the same screening score.

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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Red Velvet Dessert Cake, …0/1002. Greg's Crazy Good Trail Mix Crunchers: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Greg's Crazy Good Trail M…0/1003. Jelly Beans: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Jelly Beans0/1004. Gummi Bears Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Gummi Bears Candy0/1005. Mallow Pops Flavored Candy, Mallow Pops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Mallow Pops Flavored Cand…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet (0/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet
0/100
Greg's Crazy Good Trail Mix Crunchers
0/100
Jelly Beans
0/100
Gummi Bears Candy
0/100
Mallow Pops Flavored Candy, Mallow Pops
0/100

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. Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet 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

Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (85th 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 (6 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Eggs
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Soybean Oil
5
Buttermilk
6
Water
7
Intersterified Soybean Oil
8
Egg Whites
9
Butter
10
Cream
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Milk
13
Organic Cocoa
14
Food Starch - Modified
15
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
16
Natural And Artificial Flavors
17
Distilled Monoglycerides
18
Acid Pyrophosphate
19
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
20
Propylene Glycol Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
21
Mono And Diglycerides
22
Sodium Monoester
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
26
Polyglycerol Ester Of Fatty Acids
27
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
28
Guar Gum
29
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
30
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, Eggs, Bleached Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil, Buttermilk, Water, Intersterified Soybean Oil, Egg Whites, Butter (Cream, Water, Salt) (Milk), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Food Starch - Modified, Corn Syrup, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Distilled Monoglycerides, Salt, Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Propylene Glycol Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Sodium Monoester, Soy Lecithin, Red 40, Red 3, Polyglycerol Ester Of Fatty Acids, Sodium Caseinate (Milk), Guar Gum, Phosphoric Acid, Blue 1, Blue 2, Yellow 6, Yellow 5.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet

Neighbours outside Dierbergs Bakehouse in the same lower screening band as Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dierbergs Bakehouse; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Red Velvet Dessert Cake, Red Velvet's 6 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 0023933682778: 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.