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Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow

by Cookies United Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037695160344 · Cookies United Llc · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037695160344 · Serving size 1 package (57 g)

The verdict

Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow by Cookies United Llc scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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
5
Many flagged · of 44 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.

95160344 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Mini Gingerbread House · ±0 BOOK-OFF …160344 · July 2026

16 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 95160344 · 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: Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread · Nearest score peer is Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread 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. Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Cakebites, Classic Italia…0/1002. Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Mini Gingerbread House Ki…0/1003. Holiday Rainbow Layer Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Holiday Rainbow Layer Coo…0/1004. The Original Kitten Cakes, The Original: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. The Original Kitten Cakes…0/1005. Sour Patch Kids: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Sour Patch Kids0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow (0/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow
0/100
Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread
0/100
Holiday Rainbow Layer Cookies
0/100
The Original Kitten Cakes, The Original
0/100
Sour Patch Kids
0/100

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. Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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

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: 44 (93rd 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Palm Oil Shortening
10
Eggs
11
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
13
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
14
Margarine
15
Palm Oil
16
Water
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Vegetable Mono-and Diglycerides
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Preservatives
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
Artificial Flavor
23
Beta-cartene
24
Vitamin Palmitate
25
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Cornsyrup
27
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Natural & Artificial Flavors
29
Milk
30
Corn Syrup Solids
31
Whey Powder
32
Cassava Starch
33
Glycerol
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
37
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
39
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
40
Sorbitan Tritearate
41
Organic Soy Lecithin As An Emulsifier
42
Sodium Propionate And Potassium Benzoate As Preservatives
43
Confectioners Glaze
44
Gum Arabic

Full Ingredient List

Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil shortening, eggs, invert sugar, palm kernel and hydrogenated palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, margarine (palm oil, water, salt, vegetable mono-and diglycerides, soy lecithin, preservatives {sodium benzoate, citric acid, artificial flavor, beta-cartene{color}, vitamin palmitate), sorbitol, cornsyrup, high fructose corn syrup, natural & artificial flavors(contains milk), corn syrup solids, whey powder(milk),salt,cassava starch, glycerol, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 3, red 40, blue 1, pectin, citric acid, sorbitan tritearate, soy lecithin as an emulsifier, sodium propionate and potassium benzoate as preservatives, confectioners glaze, gum arabic.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow

Neighbours outside Cookies United Llc in the same lower screening band as Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cookies United Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Cakebites, Classic Italian Rainbow's 5 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 0037695160344: 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.