Avoid

Instant Banana Cream

by Royal

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072392009459 · Royal · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072392009459 · Serving size 1/2 cup (13 g)

The verdict

Instant Banana Cream by Royal scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate. 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
6
Many flagged · of 18 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0072392009459
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.

92009459 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Instant Banana Cream label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-LAYERED 18 ing. REG-MOST 61% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 36% LEAD-FLAG Propyl Gallate PHOTO-FINISH Peanut Butter Milk · ±0 BOOK-OFF …009459 · July 2026

11 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Propyl Gallate). Source sheet 92009459 · 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: Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Pudding · Nearest score peer is Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Pudding 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.

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. Instant Banana Cream: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Instant Banana Cream0/1002. Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Pudding: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Peanut Butter Milk Chocol…0/1003. Drink mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Drink mix0/1004. Orange Pineapple Low Calorie Drink Mix, Orange Pineapple: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Orange Pineapple Low Calo…0/1005. My-T-Fine, Sugar Free Pudding & Pie Filling, Chocolate: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. My-T-Fine, Sugar Free Pud…0/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Instant Banana Cream'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.

Instant Banana Cream
0/100
Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Pudding
0/100
Drink mix
0/100
Orange Pineapple Low Calorie Drink Mix, Orange Pineapple
0/100
My-T-Fine, Sugar Free Pudding & Pie Filling, Chocolate
0/100

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. Instant Banana Cream scores 90.9 points below that category average (0/100 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

Instant Banana Cream lists 18 ingredients on its label

18 64th percentile a longer ingredient list than 64% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Above this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 18 (64th 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.

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, 2% ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CALCIUM LACTATE, CALCIUM GLUCONATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, ASPARTAME, COTTONSEED OIL, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID (ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), TBHQ (ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.

Categories

Cooking helpers Dessert mixes Pastry helpers

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Instant Banana Cream

Neighbours outside Royal in the same lower screening band as Instant Banana Cream (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Royal; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Propyl Gallate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Instant Banana Cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 18-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Propyl Gallate. Open Propyl Gallate
  • Compare Instant Banana Cream's 6 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 0072392009459: 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.