Concern

Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes

by Dawn Food Products Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029519215835 · Dawn Food Products Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029519215835 · Serving size 1 CAKE (106 g)

The verdict

Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes by Dawn Food Products Inc. scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 71 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 71-component record, beginning with Sugar, Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 71 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

19215835 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 71 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Green but-r-creme icing · ±0 BOOK-OFF …215835 · July 2026

23 of 71 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 19215835 · 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: Green but-r-creme icing · Nearest score peer is Green but-r-creme icing at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dawn Food Products, Fille…50/1002. Green but-r-creme icing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Green but-r-creme icing50/1003. Cake boss, fabulous fondant ready to use cake icing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cake boss, fabulous fonda…50/1004. Moist Yellow And Velvety Chocolate Cake Layers Filled With Fudge: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Moist Yellow And Velvety …50/1005. Sparkling Beverage: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sparkling Beverage50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes (50/100 on 71 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes
50/100
Green but-r-creme icing
50/100
Cake boss, fabulous fondant ready to use cake icing
50/100
Moist Yellow And Velvety Chocolate Cake Layers Filled With Fudge
50/100
Sparkling Beverage
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes lists 71 ingredients on its label

71 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 71 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 71 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached
4
Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Eggs
11
Soybean Oil
12
Water
13
Dried Cream Cheese
14
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
15
Cheese Culture
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Carob Bean Gum
18
Palm Oil
19
Ivory And Red Decor Curls
20
Cocoa Butter
21
Milk
22
Nonfat Milk
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Natural Flavor
25
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
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
27
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
28
Semi-sweet Chocolate
29
Unsweetened Chocolate
30
Anhydrous Dextrose
31
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
32
Sunflower Oil
33
Food Starch-modified
34
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
35
Palm Kernel Oil
36
Leavening
37
Baking Soda
38
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
39
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
40
Cottonseed Oil
41
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
42
Corn Flour
43
Soy Flour
44
Mono & Diglycerides
45
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Propionate And Sodium Benzoate
46
Preservatives
47
Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids
48
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
49
Glyceryl - Lacto Esters Of Fatty Acids
50
Sorbitan Tristearate
51
Propylene Glycol Monostearate
52
Sodium Alginate
53
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
54
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
55
Natural And Artificial Flavor
56
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
57
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
58
Egg Whites
59
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
60
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
61
Arabic Gum
62
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
63
Corn Starch
64
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
65
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
66
Enzymes
67
Beta Carotene
68
Color
69
Alpha Tocopherol As Preservative
70
Mixed Tocopherols
71
Corn Oil

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, powdered sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, soybean oil, water, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), palm oil, ivory and red decor curls (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, natural flavor, red 40 lake), glycerin, invert sugar, nonfat milk, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, anhydrous dextrose), cocoa processed with alkali, sunflower oil, food starch-modified, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel oil), leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), whey, salt, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, dextrose, corn flour, soy flour, mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, potassium sorbate and sodium propionate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, gellan gum, glyceryl - lacto esters of fatty acids, sorbitan tristearate, propylene glycol monostearate, sodium alginate, citric acid, red 40, natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, polysorbate 60, egg whites, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, propylene glycol alginate, arabic gum, sorbitol, corn starch, sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, enzymes, beta carotene (color), alpha tocopherol as preservative, natural mixed tocopherols, corn oil.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes

Neighbours outside Dawn Food Products Inc. near Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dawn Food Products Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 71-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Dawn Food Products, Filled & Decorated Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cakes's 2 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 0029519215835: 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.