Strawberry cheese danish
Contains 2 flagged ingredients
Strawberry cheese danish receives a safety score of 50/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients 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
Strawberry cheese danish carries a composite safety score of 50/100, which we classify as "Concern" 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 2 flagged ingredients 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, Strawberry cheese danish 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. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 50/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 2 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), strawberry filling (strawberries, water, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, food starch-modified, corn syrup, propylene glycol, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [as preservatives], locust bean gum, sodium citrate, xanthan gum, red 40, blue 1, salt, lactic acid, sodium sulfate), margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate and citric acid added as preservatives, artificial flavor, colored with beta carotene, vitamin a palmitate added), water, powdered sugar, whole eggs, sugar, milk, neufchatel cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), high fructose corn syrup, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, contains less than 2% of vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate added), contains 2% or less of: hydrated monoglyceride (water and monoglycerides with propionic acid and phosphoric acid [added as preservatives]), shortening (palm oil, soy lecithin), corn syrup, nonfat milk, yeast, margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of each of vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [a preservative], citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added, beta carotene [color], whey), salt, milk protein concentrate, tapioca dextrin, cheese culture, microcrystalline cellulose, glycerine, food starch-modified, carob bean gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, lactic acid, calcium lactate, lemon juice from concentrate (water, concentrated lemon juice), mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, citric acid, agar, whey, artificial color, ascorbic acid, apocarotenal (for color), calcium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives).
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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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