Avoid

Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450052923 · Hy-Vee · Baking-decorations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450052923 · Serving size 2 Tbsp (33 g)

The verdict

Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting by Hy-Vee scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Animal Shortening, Tallow. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 28 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

50052923 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 54% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Citrus Pops · ±0 BOOK-OFF …052923 · July 2026

15 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 50052923 · 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: Citrus Pops · Nearest score peer is Citrus Pops 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.

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. Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cream cheese flavored cre…20/1002. Citrus Pops: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Citrus Pops20/1003. My essentials, low calorie drink mix, raspberry, lemonade: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. My essentials, low calori…20/1004. Frosting creamy fudge: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Frosting creamy fudge20/1005. My essentials, frosting, cream cheese: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. My essentials, frosting, …20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting (20/100 on 28 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting
20/100
Citrus Pops
20/100
My essentials, low calorie drink mix, raspberry, lemonade
20/100
Frosting creamy fudge
20/100
My essentials, frosting, cream cheese
20/100

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. Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting scores 45.2 points below that category average (20/100 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

Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 28 (97th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Animal Shortening
3
Tallow
4
Lard
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Tallow
6
Preservatives
7
BHT
Caution GRAS
8
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
9
Water
10
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Natural And Artificial Flavor
12
Corn Starch
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Mono - And Diglycerides
16
Preservative
17
Mixed Tocopherols
18
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
19
Preservative
20
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
22
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
23
Emulsifier
24
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
25
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
26
Agar
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, animal shortening (contains one or more of the following: tallow, lard, hydrogenated tallow, with preservatives [bht, citric acid]), water, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% or less of each of the following: natural and artificial flavor, corn starch, salt, modified wheat starch, mono - and diglycerides (with preservative [mixed tocopherols, ascorbic acid, citric acid]), preservative (potassium sorbate), citric acid, titanium dioxide, lecithin, emulsifier (polysorbate 60), dextrose, agar, yellow 5, yellow 6.

Categories

Baking-decorations

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee in the same lower screening band as Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Cream cheese flavored creamy frosting's 4 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 0075450052923: 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.