Avoid

Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles

by Kellogg's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000239403 · Kellogg's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000239403 · Serving size 1 Waffle (55 g)

The verdict

Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles by Kellogg's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Enriched 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
6
Many flagged · of 31 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00239403 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Fruit Flavor Jumbo · ±0 BOOK-OFF …239403 · July 2026

13 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00239403 · 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: Fruit Flavor Jumbo Snax Cereal, Fruit · Nearest score peer is Fruit Flavor Jumbo Snax Cereal, Fruit 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Yellow Cake With Rainbow …0/1002. Fruit Flavor Jumbo Snax Cereal, Fruit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit Flavor Jumbo Snax C…0/1003. Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Turkey, Duck, Chicken, St…0/1004. Jazzberry Cereal, Berry: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Jazzberry Cereal, Berry0/1005. Fantastic Fruit Flavored With Glittery Sparkles Cereal, Fantastic Fruit: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Fantastic Fruit Flavored …0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles (0/100 on 31 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles
0/100
Fruit Flavor Jumbo Snax Cereal, Fruit
0/100
Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce Flavored Turducken Friendsgiving Feast Potato Crisps, Turkey, Duck, Chicken, Stuffing, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce
0/100
Jazzberry Cereal, Berry
0/100
Fantastic Fruit Flavored With Glittery Sparkles Cereal, Fantastic Fruit
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles scores 92.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (81st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts 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 (6 flagged of 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Vitamin B1 [Thiamin Mononitrate], Vitamin B2 [Riboflavin], Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil (Soybean And Palm, Canola And/Or Cottonseed). Contains 2% Or Less Of Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Wheat Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Eggs, Whey, Soy Lecithin, Yellow 5, Red 40 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles

Neighbours outside Kellogg's in the same lower screening band as Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kellogg's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles Flavored Birthday Cake Waffles, Yellow Cake With Rainbow Sprinkles's 6 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 0038000239403: 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.