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Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese

by Lone star

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030291048122 · Lone star · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030291048122 · Serving size 57 g

The verdict

Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese by Lone star scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 65-component record, beginning with Bleached Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid Added As Dough Conditioner. 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 65 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

91048122 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Praline Cream Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …048122 · July 2026

26 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 91048122 · 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: Praline Cream Cheese King Cake, Praline Cream Cheese · Nearest score peer is Praline Cream Cheese King Cake, Praline Cream Cheese 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. Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cream Cheese King Cake, C…10/1002. Praline Cream Cheese King Cake, Praline Cream Cheese: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Praline Cream Cheese King…10/1003. Kara, Swirly Gummy Eggs: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Kara, Swirly Gummy Eggs10/1004. Quickchek, Watermelon Wedges Gummy Candy: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Quickchek, Watermelon Wed…10/1005. Candy + Dispenser: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Candy + Dispenser10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese (10/100 on 65 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese
10/100
Praline Cream Cheese King Cake, Praline Cream Cheese
10/100
Kara, Swirly Gummy Eggs
10/100
Quickchek, Watermelon Wedges Gummy Candy
10/100
Candy + Dispenser
10/100

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. Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese scores 76.1 points below that category average (10/100 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

Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (99th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 65 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bleached Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Ascorbic Acid Added As Dough Conditioner
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Cream Cheese Filling
11
Water
12
Dried Cream Cheese
13
Pasteurized Milk & Cream
14
Cheese Culture
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Carob Bean Gum
17
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
18
Guar Gum
19
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
20
Modified Food Starch
21
Palm Oil
22
Natural Flavors
23
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
24
Preservative
25
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
26
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
27
Coloring
28
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
29
Glucono Delta Lactone
30
Fd&c Yellow #5 And Yellow # 6
31
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
32
Water Palm Oil
33
Leavening
34
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
35
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
36
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
37
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
38
Yeast
39
Stabilizer
40
Corn Starch
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
Cellulose Gum
43
Agar - Agar
44
Soybean Oil
45
Mono - & Diglycerides
46
Whole Eggs
47
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
48
Soy Flour Defatted
49
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
50
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
51
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
52
Natural & Artificial Colors
53
Natural & Artificial Flavors
54
Soy Lecithin
55
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
56
Color
57
Corn Oil
58
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
59
Alpha - Tocopherol
60
Enzymes
61
Confectioner's Glaze
62
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
63
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
64
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
65
Carnauba Wax

Full Ingredient List

Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Ascorbic Acid Added As Dough Conditioner, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Cream Cheese Filling (Water, Sugar, Cream Cheese [Pasteurized Milk & Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum], Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Palm Oil, Natural Flavors, Sodium Propionate [Preservative], Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Titanium Dioxide [Coloring], Polysorbate 60, Glucono Delta Lactone, Fd&C Yellow #5 And Yellow # 6, Citric Acid), Water Palm Oil, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Calcium Carbonate), Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Yeast, Stabilizer (Corn Starch, Dextrose, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Agar - Agar), Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono - & Diglycerides, Whole Eggs, Whey, Soy Flour Defatted, Calcium Sulfate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Ammonium Sulfate, Natural & Artificial Colors, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Soy Lecithin, Beta-Carotene (Color), Corn Oil, Propylene Glycol, Alpha - Tocopherol, Potassium Sorbate, Enzymes, Confectioner'S Glaze, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 3, Carnauba Wax.

Other products containing Alpha - Tocopherol

Alpha - Tocopherol is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese

Neighbours outside Lone star in the same lower screening band as Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lone star; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 65-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Cream Cheese King Cake, Cream Cheese's 4 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 0030291048122: 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.