Confection dessert dip
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Confection dessert dip receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient 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
Confection dessert dip carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" 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 1 flagged ingredient 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, Confection dessert dip 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 85/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cream cheese (pasturized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers (carob bean and/or xantham and/or guar gums), cherries (cherries (may include crushed cherry pits),sugar, water, corn starch, citric acid, natural flavor, salt, xanthan gum), dark chocolate (sugar, coconut oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogentated coconut oil, cocoa, salt,soy lecithin, natural flavor),liquid butter alternative vegetable oil (liquid andhydorgenated soybean oil, contains less than 2% of salt, soy lecithin, natural & artificial flavor, beta carote(color), tbhq and citric acid added to protect flavor, dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foamin agent added), brown sugar, sugar, buttercreme (sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil, canola oil, mono-and diglicerides, polysorbate 60), contains 2% or less of each of the following: corn starch, titanium dioxide (color), salt, artificial flavor, imitation vanilla extract (water, alcohol, vanillin and other artificial flavorings, and citric acid), binder (modified food starch (corn), corn starch, methylcellulose, egg white powder, xanthan gum, and gar gum) potassium sorbate (preservative)
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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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