Safe

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple

by Pillsbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051500920459 · Pillsbury · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051500920459 · Serving size 0.1 PACKAGE (43 g)

The verdict

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple by Pillsbury scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0051500920459
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00920459 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Sodium Stearate PHOTO-FINISH Purely simple white · ±0 BOOK-OFF …920459 · July 2026

14 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Stearate). Source sheet 00920459 · 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: Purely simple white cake and cupcake mix · Nearest score peer is Purely simple white cake and cupcake mix 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.

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. Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pillsbury, Moist Supreme,…100/1002. Purely simple white cake and cupcake mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Purely simple white cake …100/1003. Redhot Cayenne Pepper Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Redhot Cayenne Pepper Sau…100/1004. French's, classic yellow mustard, spicy with cayenne pepper: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. French's, classic yellow …100/1005. Classic Yellow Sweet Mustard With Brown Sugar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Classic Yellow Sweet Must…100/100
High-band neighbours for Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple (100/100) outside Pillsbury.
Chart values as text

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

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple
100/100
Purely simple white cake and cupcake mix
100/100
Redhot Cayenne Pepper Sauce
100/100
French's, classic yellow mustard, spicy with cayenne pepper
100/100
Classic Yellow Sweet Mustard With Brown Sugar
100/100

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. Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Cooking helpers products

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 32 (88th 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

1
Enriched Bleached Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
10
Leavening
11
Baking Soda
12
Calcium Phosphate
13
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
14
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
15
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Propylene Glycol Monoesters
18
Corn Starch
19
Natural And Artificial Flavor
20
Mono And Diglycerides
21
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
22
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
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
Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids
25
Cellulose Gum
26
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Artificial Color
28
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
29
Sodium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, PROPELLANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Prior Sanctioned
30
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
31
Tbhq And Citric Acid
32
Antioxidants

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Leavening (Baking Soda, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Dextrose, Wheat Starch, Salt, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Corn Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Mono And Diglycerides, Cellulose, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Cellulose Gum, Sodium Caseinate, Artificial Color, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Stearate, Datem, Tbhq And Citric Acid (Antioxidants).

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple

Neighbours outside Pillsbury with screening scores in the same high band as Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pillsbury; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pillsbury, Moist Supreme, Premium Cake Mix, Caramel Apple, Caramel Apple has a longer ingredient list than 88% of its Cooking helpers 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 0051500920459: 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.