Apple Caramel Cake Mix
by Duncan Hines
Open Food Facts label for barcode 00447089 · Duncan Hines. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Apple Caramel Cake Mix by Duncan Hines scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Bleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Enriched With Niacin. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 45 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
00447089 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Apple Caramel Cake Mix label screening desk
15 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 00447089 · 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: chocolate creme sugar free · Nearest score peer is chocolate creme sugar free at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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
Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish
Apple Caramel Cake Mix lists 45 ingredients on its label
45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 359,392 products we track
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
- 0–2
- 6,050 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 24,522 products (7%)
- 4–6
- 31,054 products (9%)
- 6–8
- 30,981 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 31,618 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 29,943 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 28,403 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 27,417 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 24,508 products (7%)
- 18–20
- 19,062 products (5%)
- 20–22
- 14,679 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 12,238 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 10,830 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 9,344 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 7,955 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 6,753 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 5,918 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 5,282 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 4,531 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 4,063 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
MIX: BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, DEXTROSE, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, MON-AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID [ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), DEHYDRATED APPLES, SOYBEAN OIL, APPLE FLAVOR (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [PALM, PALM KERNEL], WHEAT FLOUR, MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 5 LAKE). CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, MALTODEXTRIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, GUM ARABIC, CAFFEINE, CARAMEL COLOR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS. CARAMEL POUCH: SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL SHORTENING (PALM OIL), NONFAT DRY MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, COLORED WITH (CARAMEL COLOR), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, KARAYA GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, CYSTEINE, GUAR AND XANTHAN GUM.
Other products containing Mon-and Diglycerides
Mon-and Diglycerides is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
More from Duncan Hines
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Apple Caramel Cake Mix
Neighbours outside Duncan Hines near Apple Caramel Cake Mix's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Duncan Hines; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 45 on 00447089).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (45 on 00447089).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Apple Caramel Cake Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
- Compare Apple Caramel Cake Mix's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 00447089: 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.