Safe

Vanilla Cupcakes

by Abe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044261775079 · Abe's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044261775079 · Serving size 30g

The verdict

Vanilla Cupcakes by Abe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Sugar, Water, 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 37 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.

61775079 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Ethyl Alcohol PHOTO-FINISH Corn Bread · ±0 BOOK-OFF …775079 · July 2026

10 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ethyl Alcohol). Source sheet 61775079 · 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: Corn Bread · Nearest score peer is Corn Bread 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. Vanilla Cupcakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla Cupcakes100/1002. Corn Bread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Corn Bread100/1003. Banana Abe's: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Banana Abe's100/1004. Abe's, Devil's Food Muffin: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Abe's, Devil's Food Muffin100/1005. The vegan muffin, coconut carrot cake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The vegan muffin, coconut…100/100
High-band neighbours for Vanilla Cupcakes (100/100) outside Abe's.
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla Cupcakes
100/100
Corn Bread
100/100
Banana Abe's
100/100
Abe's, Devil's Food Muffin
100/100
The vegan muffin, coconut carrot cake
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. Vanilla Cupcakes 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

Vanilla Cupcakes lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (88th 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Water
3
Flour
4
Wheat
5
Organic Malted Barley
6
Expeller-pressed Canola Oil
7
Brown Rice Syrup
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Baking Powder
10
Monocalcium Phosphate
11
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
12
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
13
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
14
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Baking Soda
16
Vanilla
17
Vanilla Beans
18
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
19
Non-gmo Sugar
20
Non-gmo Certified Sustainable Palm Oil
21
Non-gmo Vanilla
22
Guar Gum
23
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
24
Lemon Extract
25
Cane Alcohol
26
Lemon Oil
27
Sustainable Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
28
Sunflower Lecithin
29
Vanilla Flavor
30
Coloring
31
Organic Spirulina
32
Purple Sweet Potato
33
Red Radish
34
Red Cabbage
35
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
36
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Carnauba Wax

Full Ingredient List

Non-GMO Cake: sugar, water, flour (wheat, malted barley), expeller-pressed canola oil, brown rice syrup, salt, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch and/or tapioca starch), baking soda, vanilla (vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol). Frosting: non-GMO sugar, non-GMO certified sustainable palm oil, expeller-pressed canola oil, tapioca starch, water, non-GMO vanilla, guar gum, xanthan gum, salt, lemon extract (cane alcohol, lemon oil, water). Non-GMO Sprinkles: sugar, cornstarch, sustainable palm and palm kernel oil, sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla flavor, natural coloring (spirulina, purple sweet potato, red radish, red cabbage, annatto, riboflavin), carnauba wax. Contains: Wheat.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla Cupcakes

Neighbours outside Abe's with screening scores in the same high band as Vanilla Cupcakes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Abe's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Vanilla Cupcakes has a longer ingredient list than 88% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0044261775079: 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.