Safe

Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00746335 · Trader Joe's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00746335 · Serving size 1 cake (140g)

The verdict

Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes by Trader Joe's scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Brown Sugar, Butter, Cream. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 35 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

00746335 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Charlie's Lunch Kit, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …746335 · July 2026

12 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00746335 · 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: Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water · Nearest score peer is Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water 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.

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. Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cak…90/1002. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chun…90/1003. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk Light Tuna Salad In Water: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chun…90/1004. Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Chip Cookie San…90/1005. Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce90/100
High-band neighbours for Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes (90/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes
90/100
Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk White Albacore Tuna In Water
90/100
Charlie's Lunch Kit, Chunk Light Tuna Salad In Water
90/100
Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwich
90/100
Heinz Zesty Cocktail Sauce
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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 11,156 Desserts 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Brown Sugar
2
Butter
3
Cream
4
Milk
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Organic Pumpkin
7
Organic Dates
8
Oat Flour
9
Unbleached Enriched Flour
10
Wheat Flour
11
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Reduced Iron
13
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
16
Water
17
Eggs
18
Light Whipping Cream
19
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
20
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
21
Natural Flavor
22
Cinnamon
23
Sugared Lemon
24
Lemon Peel
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Lemon Oil
27
Baking Powder
28
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
29
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
30
Cassava Flour
31
Monocalcium Phosphate
32
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
33
Organic Ginger
34
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
35
Organic Cloves

Full Ingredient List

BROWN SUGAR, BUTTER (CREAM [MILK], SALT), PUMPKIN, DATES (DATES, OAT FLOUR), UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, EGGS, LIGHT WHIPPING CREAM (CREAM [MILK], CARRAGEENAN), DEXTROSE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CINNAMON, SUGARED LEMON (LEMON PEEL, SUGAR, LEMON OIL), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CASSAVA FLOUR, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CARAMEL COLOR, GINGER, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, CLOVES

Other products containing Sugared Lemon

Sugared Lemon is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Pumpkin Sticky Toffee Cakes's 2 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 00746335: 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.