Concern

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice

by Hungry Jack

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051500108826 · Hungry Jack · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051500108826 · Serving size 0.33 cup (44 g)

The verdict

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice by Hungry Jack scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0051500108826
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00108826 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Cott, Murphy Classic · ±0 BOOK-OFF …108826 · July 2026

10 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 00108826 · 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: Cott, Murphy Classic Soda, Grape · Nearest score peer is Cott, Murphy Classic Soda, Grape at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pum…50/1002. Cott, Murphy Classic Soda, Grape: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cott, Murphy Classic Soda…50/1003. Soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Soda50/1004. Soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Soda50/1005. Mt. m, citrus soda, citrus: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mt. m, citrus soda, citrus50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice (50/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice
50/100
Cott, Murphy Classic Soda, Grape
50/100
Soda
50/100
Soda
50/100
Mt. m, citrus soda, citrus
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice scores 40.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 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. The comparison here runs against the 1,898 Cooking helpers 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

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Baking Powder (Baking Soda, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Dextrose, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Dried Pumpkin, Salt, Cinnamon, Potassium Bicarbonate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Corn Starch, Calcium Carbonate, Dried Molasses, Ground Nutmeg, Yellow 5, Ground Ginger, Red 40, Iron, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12.

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice

Neighbours outside Hungry Jack near Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hungry Jack; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Pancake & Waffle Mix, Pumpkin Spice'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 0051500108826: 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.