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Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041512119798 · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041512119798 · Serving size 1 SLICE (92 g)

The verdict

Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Cake Base, Sugar, Bleached Enriched 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 60 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.

12119798 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …119798 · July 2026

16 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 12119798 · 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

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.

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. Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 60 (99th 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

1
Cake Base
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Food Starch-modified
11
Soybean Oil
12
Dairy Product Solids
13
Milk
14
Leavening
15
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
16
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
17
Emulsifier
18
Mono-diglycerides
19
Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids
20
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
21
Artificial Flavor
22
Vital Wheat Gluten
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Egg Whites
25
Soy Flour
26
Eggs
27
Water
28
Buttermilk
29
Organic Cocoa
30
Baking Soda
31
Chocolate Icing
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Chocolate Frosting
34
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
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
36
Palm Oil
37
Palm Kernel Oil
38
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
High Oleic Sunflower
40
Canola Oil
41
Cottonseed Oil
42
Mono And Diglycerides
43
Natural Flavor
44
Nonfat Milk
45
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
46
Preservative
47
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
48
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
49
Soy Lecithin
50
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
51
Margarine
52
Whey Solids
53
Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides
54
Beta Carotene
55
Color
56
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
57
Vanilla
58
Chocolate Shavings
59
Palm Kernel And Palm Oils
60
Sunflower Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Cake base (sugar, bleached enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], food starch-modified, soybean oil, dairy product solids [milk], contains 2% or less of each of the following: leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate], emulsifier [mono-diglycerides, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl lactylate], artificial flavor, vital wheat gluten, salt, egg whites, soy flour), eggs, soybean oil, water, buttermilk, cocoa (processed with alkali), baking soda, chocolate icing (powdered sugar, chocolate frosting [sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, palm oil, water, cocoa (processed with alkali), palm kernel oil, contains 2% or less of: cornstarch, food starch-modified, high oleic sunflower and/or canola oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, nonfat milk, polysorbate 60, preservative (potassium sorbate), salt, sorbitol, soy lecithin, whey], water, margarine [palm oil, water, soybean oil, contains less than 2% of salt, whey solids, vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, artificial flavor, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate added], vanilla), chocolate shavings (sugar, palm kernel and hydrogenated palm oils, cocoa [processed with potassium carbonate], sunflower lecithin, vanilla).

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Chocolate fudge cake moist fudge cake with dark chocolate frosting, elegantly topped with chocolate shavings., chocolate fudge's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041512119798: 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.