Lunds & byerlys, our bakery cupcake, maple bacon
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Lunds & byerlys, our bakery cupcake, maple bacon receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient 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
Lunds & byerlys, our bakery cupcake, maple bacon carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" 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 1 flagged ingredient 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, Lunds & byerlys, our bakery cupcake, maple bacon 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Yellow cupcake: white cake mix (sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm oil and/or soybean oil, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, with bht to protect flavor), vegetable shortening (palm oil), nonfat milk solids, wheat starch, modified food starch (corn, tapioca), salt, sodium bicarbonate, acidic sodium aluminum phosphate with aluminum sulfate, natural and artificial flavor, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, polysorbate 60), water, egg whites (egg whites with sodium and triethyl citrates and guar gum added as whipping aids), salad (soybean) oil, almond flavor (water, artificial flavors, xanthan gum, citric acid and sodium benzoate) white buttercream: icing sugar, shortening (palm oil, mono & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, citric acid), butter (pasteurized cream [milk], salt), water, sugar, salt , vanilla. whipped cream: cream, milk, guar gum, carrageenan and locust bean gum. maple flavor: water, propylene glycol, caramel color, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavors. maple syrup, bacon bits.
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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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