Avoid

Unicorn Love Sprinkles

by Cake Mate

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071169279231 · Cake Mate · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071169279231 · Serving size 1 tsp (4 g)

The verdict

Unicorn Love Sprinkles by Cake Mate scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 10 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Cornstarch, Vegetable Oil. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
10
Many flagged · of 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0071169279231
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

69279231 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Unicorn Love Sprinkles label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 10 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Christmas Mix Sprinkles · ±0 BOOK-OFF …279231 · July 2026

16 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 69279231 · 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: Christmas Mix Sprinkles · Nearest score peer is Christmas Mix Sprinkles 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Unicorn Love Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Unicorn Love Sprinkles0/1002. Christmas Mix Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Christmas Mix Sprinkles0/1003. Betty Crocker Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Betty Crocker Sprinkles0/1004. Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Sprinkles0/1005. Gourmet mints: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Gourmet mints0/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Unicorn Love Sprinkles's 0/100 while 33% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Unicorn Love Sprinkles
0/100
Christmas Mix Sprinkles
0/100
Betty Crocker Sprinkles
0/100
Sprinkles
0/100
Gourmet mints
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 2,509 products we've scored in the Baking-decorations category, the average safety score is 65.2/100. Unicorn Love Sprinkles scores 65.2 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 65.2/100), 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 Baking-decorations products

Unicorn Love Sprinkles lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 2,313 products we track

0–2: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 46 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 171 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 322 products (14%). Below this entry. 8–10: 264 products (11%). Below this entry. 10–12: 335 products (14%). Below this entry. 12–14: 253 products (11%). Below this entry. 14–16: 201 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 186 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Below this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 3 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Baking-decorations 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

2,313 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 30 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
13 products (1%)
2–4
46 products (2%)
4–6
171 products (7%)
6–8
322 products (14%)
8–10
264 products (11%)
10–12
335 products (14%)
12–14
253 products (11%)
14–16
201 products (9%)
16–18
186 products (8%)
18–20
161 products (7%)
20–22
106 products (5%)
22–24
78 products (3%)
24–26
69 products (3%)
26–28
41 products (2%)
28–30
28 products (1%)
30–32
13 products (1%)
32–34
8 products (0%)
34–36
3 products (0%)
36–38
3 products (0%)
38–40
4 products (0%)
40 and above
8 products (0%)

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 2,313 Baking-decorations 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (10 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
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
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Palm
5
Palm Kernel
6
Rice Flour
7
Palm Oil
8
Confectioner's Glaze
9
Carnauba Wax
10
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
11
Gum Acacia
12
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
13
Natural And Artificial Flavor
14
Artificial Color
15
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
16
Color
17
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
20
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
21
Soy Lecithin
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
28
Preservative
29
Mono - And Diglycerides
30
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, cornstarch, vegetable oil (palm, palm kernel), rice flour, palm oil, confectioner's glaze, carnauba wax, dextrin, gum acacia, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, artificial color, titanium dioxide (color), red 40, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake, red 3, soy lecithin, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6, red 40 lake, potassium sorbate (preservative), mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60.

Categories

Baking-decorations

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Unicorn Love Sprinkles

Neighbours outside Cake Mate in the same lower screening band as Unicorn Love Sprinkles (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cake Mate; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Unicorn Love Sprinkles's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Unicorn Love Sprinkles's 10 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 0071169279231: 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.