Avoid

Fall Tree Cakes

by Little Debbie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024300044267 · Little Debbie. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024300044267 · Serving size 42g

The verdict

Fall Tree Cakes by Little Debbie scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 8 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 59-component record, beginning with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Enriched Bleached 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
8
Many flagged · of 59 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.

00044267 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fall Tree Cakes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 8 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH St. patrick's day · ±0 BOOK-OFF …044267 · July 2026

21 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 00044267 · 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: St. patrick's day snack cakes · Nearest score peer is St. patrick's day snack cakes 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Fall Tree Cakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Fall Tree Cakes0/1002. St. patrick's day snack cakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. St. patrick's day snack c…0/1003. Fruity Flavored Wriggly Worms, Fruity: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Fruity Flavored Wriggly W…0/1004. Mountain Mix, Mountain: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Mountain Mix, Mountain0/1005. Sour Ceam + Cheddar Ripple: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Sour Ceam + Cheddar Ripple0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fall Tree Cakes (0/100 on 59 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fall Tree Cakes
0/100
St. patrick's day snack cakes
0/100
Fruity Flavored Wriggly Worms, Fruity
0/100
Mountain Mix, Mountain
0/100
Sour Ceam + Cheddar Ripple
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Fall Tree Cakes lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (8 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
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
3
Enriched Bleached Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Vitamin B1
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Vitamin B2
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Water
13
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
14
Vegetable Shortening
15
Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
16
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
17
Soybean Oil
18
Canola Oil
19
Palm Oil
20
Tbhq And Citric Acid To Preserve Freshness
21
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Organic Cocoa
23
Soy Flour
24
Toppers
25
Rice Flour
26
Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed
27
Soybean Oils
28
Corn Starch
29
Gum Arabic
30
Cellulose Gum
31
Confectioner's Glaze
32
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
33
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Soy Lecithin
35
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
37
Artificial Flavor
38
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
40
Egg Whites
41
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
42
Milk
43
Leavening
44
Baking Soda
45
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
46
Emulsifiers
47
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
48
Mono - And Diglycerides
49
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
50
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
51
Colors
52
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
53
Turmeric
54
Annatto Extract
55
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
56
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
57
Natural And Artificial Flavors
58
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
59
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), WATER, PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, CANOLA OIL AND/OR PALM OIL, WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), DEXTROSE, COCOA, SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOY FLOUR, TOPPERS (SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OILS, PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN STARCH, GUM ARABIC, CELLULOSE GUM, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, CARRAGEENAN, RED 40, SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 6, RED 3, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1), EGG WHITES, WHEY (MILK), LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), EMULSIFIERS (SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, SOY LECITHIN, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, POLYSORBATE 80), COLORS (CARAMEL COLOR, TURMERIC, RED 40, ANNATTO EXTRACT), SALT, CORN STARCH, SORBIC ACID (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, POTATO STARCH.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Fall Tree Cakes

Neighbours outside Little Debbie in the same lower screening band as Fall Tree Cakes (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Little Debbie; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fall Tree Cakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Fall Tree Cakes's 8 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 0024300044267: 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.