5" White Grad Cake
Contains 14 flagged ingredients
5" White Grad Cake receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 14 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
5" White Grad Cake carries a composite safety score of 0/100, which we classify as "Avoid" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 14 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, 5" White Grad Cake is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 14 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cake water, sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, eggs, vegetable shortening (palm oil and/or soybean oil, propylene glycol, mono and diesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, with bht to protect flavor, contains 2% or less of each of the following nonfat milk solids, egg whites, wheat starch, modified food starch (corn, tapioca, sodium bicarbonate, salt, dextrose, acidic sodium aluminum phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, sodium acid pyrophosphate, emulsifier (monoglycerides, propylene glycol monoesters, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium silicate), guar gum, xanthan gum, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, monocalcium phosphate white icing sugar, vegetable shortening (interesterfied soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), corn syrup, water, contains less than 2% of salt, citric acid, cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, titanium dioxide (for color), potassium sorbate (preservative), colored icing also contains shortening (palm oil, canola and/or soybean oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, tbhq (preservatives)], contains less than 2% of maltodextrin, high fructose corn syrup, glycerin, gum arabic, locust gum, carrageenan, guar gum, phosphoric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative), blue 1, blue 1 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake, red 40, red 40 lake, red 3, blue 2 lake, sequins also contain sugar, rice flour, corn starch, gum arabic, xanthan gum, titanium dioxide (for color), yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1, red 3, red 40, blue 1 lake, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 80, mica based pearlescent pigment, yellow 5 aluminum lake, yellow 6 aluminum lake, blue 1 aluminum lake.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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