Triple Chocolate Filled Cupcake
by Arnie's
Contains 7 flagged ingredients
Triple Chocolate Filled Cupcake by Arnie's receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 7 ingredients 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
Triple Chocolate Filled Cupcake by Arnie's carries a composite safety score of 0/100, which we classify as "Avoid" 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 7 flagged ingredients 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, Triple Chocolate Filled Cupcake 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. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 7 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa processed with alkali, soybean oil leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, aluminium sulfate), food starch-modified, propylene glycol, mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides with bht & citric acid, dextrose salt, sorbitan monostearate, nonfat milk solids, caramel color, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, polysorbate 60, water, natural and artificial flavor corn syrup, polysorbate 60, glycerin, wheat starch, sulfites, silicon dioxide, sucrose, maltodextrin, high fructose corn syrup, glycerine, fd&c yellow 5, fd&c blue 1, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, carrageenan gum, cherries, calcium chloride, fd&c red #40, sulfur dioxide, egg whites, guar gum, triethyl citrate shortening (soybean and/or palm kernel, polysorbate 60), carob powder, contains 2% or less of: triglycerides, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt with mono and diglycerides added, colored with annatto, calcium disodium edta added as a preservative, artificial butter flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), whole eggs, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, tbhq, fd&c red 40, glycerine, modified food starch, fd&c red 3, carrageenan gum, potassium sorbate, methyl paraben and propyl paraben, butter (pasteurized cream, lactic acid), distilled monoglycerides, distilled propylene glycol monesters, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium silicate , bourbanaise vanilla (natural and artificial flavors, water, ethyl alcohol, caramel color, partially inverted sugar syrup glycerin, citric acid)
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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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