Avoid

Cheesecake Mix

by Food Club

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800131927 · Food Club. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800131927 · Serving size 53g

The verdict

Cheesecake Mix by Food Club scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Sugar, Baker's Cheese, Nonfat Milk. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few 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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

00131927 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesecake Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Creamy Frosting · ±0 BOOK-OFF …131927 · July 2026

15 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00131927 · 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: Creamy Frosting · Nearest score peer is Creamy Frosting 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. Cheesecake Mix: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesecake Mix35/1002. Creamy Frosting: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Creamy Frosting35/1003. Gelatin Dessert: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gelatin Dessert35/1004. Instant Pudding & Pie Filling: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Instant Pudding & Pie Fil…35/1005. Laura lynn, cheese bits: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Laura lynn, cheese bits35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheesecake Mix (35/100 on 39 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheesecake Mix
35/100
Creamy Frosting
35/100
Gelatin Dessert
35/100
Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
35/100
Laura lynn, cheese bits
35/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cheesecake Mix lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 39 (93rd 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Baker's Cheese
3
Nonfat Milk
4
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
5
Cultures
6
Corn Syrup Solids
7
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
8
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Corn Starch
10
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
11
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
12
Disodium Phosphate
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Natural And Artificial Flavor
15
Lactic Acid Esters Of Monoglycerides
16
Emulsifier
17
Mono - And Diglycerides
18
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Cellulose Gum
21
Cellulose Gel
22
Natural Flavor With
23
BHA
Avoid GRAS
24
Color
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Enriched Flour
28
Wheat Flour
29
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Iron Thiamine Mononitrate
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
33
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Graham Flour
35
Whole Wheat Flour
36
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
37
Soybean And/ Or Cottonsead
38
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
39
Honey

Full Ingredient List

FILLING: SUGAR, BAKER'S CHEESE (NONFAT MILK, LACTIC ACID, CULTURES), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM CASEINATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID ESTERS OF MONOGLYCERIDES, EMULSIFIER (MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES), DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEAT STARCH, CELLULOSE GUM, CELLULOSE GEL, NATURAL FLAVOR WITH (BHA), COLOR (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), CRUST: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, GRAHAM FLOUR(WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR), PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/ OR COTTONSEAD), SODIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, HONEY

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesecake Mix

Neighbours outside Food Club in the same lower screening band as Cheesecake Mix (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Club; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesecake Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Cheesecake Mix's 3 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 0036800131927: 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.