Safe

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla

by Food Lion

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035826110725 · Food Lion · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035826110725 · Serving size 0.125 cake (85 g)

The verdict

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla by Food Lion scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 39 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

26110725 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Sodium Propionate PHOTO-FINISH Potato Sticks · ±0 BOOK-OFF …110725 · July 2026

11 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Propionate). Source sheet 26110725 · 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: Potato Sticks · Nearest score peer is Potato Sticks at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake…100/1002. Potato Sticks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Potato Sticks100/1003. Seltzer Water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Seltzer Water100/1004. Seltzer Water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Seltzer Water100/1005. Honey Mustard Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey Mustard Dressing100/100
High-band neighbours for Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla (100/100) outside Food Lion.
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla
100/100
Potato Sticks
100/100
Seltzer Water
100/100
Seltzer Water
100/100
Honey Mustard Dressing
100/100

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. Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 39 (89th 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Flour
8
Mononitrate
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Margarine
12
Palm Oil
13
Water
14
Soy
15
Oil
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Vegetable Mono - And Diglycerides
18
Soy Lecithin
19
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
20
Preservative
21
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
22
Natural And Artificial Flavor
23
Beta Carotene Color
24
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
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
26
Food Starch-modified
27
Corn Syrup Solids
28
Leavening
29
Baking Soda
30
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
31
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
32
Distilled Monoglycerides
33
Emulsifier Blend
34
Propylene Glycol Ester Of Fatty Acids
35
Monoand Diglycerides And Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
36
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
37
Guar Gum
38
Soy Flour
39
Cellulose Gum

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Flour, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soy), Oil, Salt, Contains Less Than 2% Of Vegetable Mono - And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene Color, Vitamin A Palmitate, Whey), Food Starch-Modified, Corn Syrup Solids, Whey, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Powdered Cellulose, Distilled Monoglycerides, Salt, Emulsifier Blend (Propylene Glycol Ester Of Fatty Acids, Monoand Diglycerides And Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate), Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Guar Gum, Soy Flour, Wheat Flour, Cellulose Gum, Soy Lecithin, Beta Carotene Color, Natural And Artificial Flavor.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla

Neighbours outside Food Lion with screening scores in the same high band as Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Lion; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Vanilla Flavor Pound Cake, Vanilla has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0035826110725: 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.