Safe

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041573259273 · Kroger · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041573259273 · Serving size 0.33 CAKE (76 g)

The verdict

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy by Kroger scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Cake, Sugar, Enriched Bleached 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 57 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.

73259273 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids PHOTO-FINISH Cake With Chocolate · ±0 BOOK-OFF …259273 · July 2026

17 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids). Source sheet 73259273 · 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: Cake With Chocolate Whippy & Fudge · Nearest score peer is Cake With Chocolate Whippy & Fudge at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Fill…100/1002. Cake With Chocolate Whippy & Fudge: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cake With Chocolate Whipp…100/1003. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted Sugar Cookies100/1004. Madeleines: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Madeleines100/1005. White Chocolate Coconut Almond Gourmet Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. White Chocolate Coconut A…100/100
High-band neighbours for Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy (100/100) outside Kroger.
Chart values as text

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

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy
100/100
Cake With Chocolate Whippy & Fudge
100/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
100/100
Madeleines
100/100
White Chocolate Coconut Almond Gourmet Cookies
100/100

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. Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 57 (98th 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

1
Cake
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Bleached Flour
4
Bleached Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
Soybean Oil
12
Eggs
13
Egg Whites
14
Corn Starch
15
Or Less Of Milk
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Leavening
18
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
19
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
20
Monocalcium Phosphate
21
Vital Wheat Gluten
22
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
23
Mono And Diglycerides
24
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
25
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
26
Artificial And Natural Flavors
27
B-carotene
28
Color
29
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
31
Gum Acacia
32
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
33
Soy Lecithin
34
Icing
35
Modified Food Starch
36
Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil
37
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
The Following Sodium Caseinate
39
Milk Derivative
40
Soy Protein Concentrate
41
Carbohydrate Gum
42
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Preservative
44
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
45
Xanthan Gum Citric Acid
46
Sodium Citrate
47
Lemon Puree
48
Natural And Artificial Flavor Agar Agar
49
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
50
Titanium Dioxide Yellow 5 & 6
51
Yellow Curls
52
Cocoa Butter
53
Whole Milk Powder
54
Skimmed Milk Powder
55
Whey Powder
56
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
57
Emulsifier Soy Lecithin Natural Vanilla Color B-carotene

Full Ingredient List

Cake [sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, egg whites, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of milk, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate) vital wheat gluten, sorbitan monostearate, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, artificial and natural flavors, b-carotene (color), dextrose, maltodextrin, gum acacia, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, soy lecithin], icing [water, sugar, modified food starch, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, contains less than 2% of the following *sodium caseinate (a milk derivative), soy protein concentrate, polysorbate 60, carbohydrate gum, salt, potassium sorbate (preservative) polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, xanthan gum citric acid, sodium citrate, lemon puree, natural and artificial flavor agar agar, sorbic acid, titanium dioxide yellow 5 & 6] yellow curls [sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, lactose, emulsifier soy lecithin natural vanilla color b-carotene].

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy

Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Yellow Cake W/ Lemon Filling & Vanilla Whippy has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

  • Open Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids first, then work through the remaining 57 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
  • Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041573259273: 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.