Safe

Icing mini cupcakes, mocha

by Cake Mate

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071169823960 · Cake Mate · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071169823960 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (35 g)

The verdict

Icing mini cupcakes, mocha by Cake Mate scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Partially Hydrogenated 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 17 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

69823960 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Icing mini cupcakes, mocha label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 17 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Breyers, ice cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …823960 · July 2026

9 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 69823960 · 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: Breyers, ice cream sauce, hot fudge · Nearest score peer is Breyers, ice cream sauce, hot fudge 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.

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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Icing mini cupcakes, mocha: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Icing mini cupcakes, mocha95/1002. Breyers, ice cream sauce, hot fudge: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Breyers, ice cream sauce,…95/1003. Bbq sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bbq sauce95/1004. Cream Soda: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cream Soda95/1005. Mini Rice Cakes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mini Rice Cakes95/100
High-band neighbours for Icing mini cupcakes, mocha (95/100) outside Cake Mate.
Chart values as text

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

Icing mini cupcakes, mocha
95/100
Breyers, ice cream sauce, hot fudge
95/100
Bbq sauce
95/100
Cream Soda
95/100
Mini Rice Cakes
95/100

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. Icing mini cupcakes, mocha scores 29.8 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 65.2/100), 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 Baking-decorations products

Icing mini cupcakes, mocha lists 17 ingredients on its label

17 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 161 products (7%). Above this entry. 20–22: 106 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 78 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 69 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 28 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 17 (73rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 17 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
4
Soybean
5
Cottonseed
6
Water
7
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
8
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
9
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
10
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
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Approved
13
Natural & Artificial Flavor
14
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
15
Preservative
16
Soy Lecithin
17
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed), water, cocoa processed with alkali, maltodextrin, cornstarch, modified cornstarch, salt, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, natural & artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), soy lecithin, caramel color

Categories

Baking-decorations

High-score cross-brand comparables for Icing mini cupcakes, mocha

Neighbours outside Cake Mate with screening scores in the same high band as Icing mini cupcakes, mocha (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cake Mate; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Icing mini cupcakes, mocha's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Icing mini cupcakes, mocha's 1 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 0071169823960: 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.