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Red Velvet Filled Cupcake

by Arnie's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0076185005543 · Arnie's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0076185005543 · Serving size 85 g (85 g)

The verdict

Red Velvet Filled Cupcake by Arnie's scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 64-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached, Flour. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0076185005543
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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

85005543 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Velvet Filled Cupcake label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Premium Frozen Yogurt · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005543 · July 2026

25 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 85005543 · 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: Premium Frozen Yogurt · Nearest score peer is Premium Frozen Yogurt 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.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Red Velvet Filled Cupcake: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red Velvet Filled Cupcake40/1002. Premium Frozen Yogurt: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Premium Frozen Yogurt40/1003. Italian Sub: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Italian Sub40/1004. Italian Style Chopped Salad With Lettuce, Pepperoni, Salami And Dressing: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Style Chopped Sal…40/1005. Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice Cream40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Red Velvet Filled Cupcake (40/100 on 64 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Red Velvet Filled Cupcake
40/100
Premium Frozen Yogurt
40/100
Italian Sub
40/100
Italian Style Chopped Salad With Lettuce, Pepperoni, Salami And Dressing
40/100
Ice Cream
40/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Red Velvet Filled Cupcake lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached
3
Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Soybean Oil
10
Leavening
11
Baking Soda
12
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
13
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
14
Mono Calcium Phosphate
15
Aluminum Sulfate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
16
Food Starch-modified Dextrose
17
Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids
18
Mono & Diglycerides With Bht & Citric Acid As Preservatives
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Nonfat Milk Solids
21
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
22
Artificial Flavor
23
Soy Lecithin
24
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
25
Cellulose Gum
26
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
27
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
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
30
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
32
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
33
Water
34
Natural And Artificial Flavor
35
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
36
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
37
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
38
Dried Cream Cheese
39
Pasteurized Milk
40
Cream Cheese Culture
41
Carob Bean Gum
42
Margarine
43
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
44
Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
45
Mono- And Diglycerides Colored With Annatto/turmeric
46
Calcium Edta Added As A Preservative
47
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
48
Egg Whites
49
Guar Gum
50
Triethyl Citrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Prior Sanctioned
51
Whole Eggs
52
Bourbonnais Vanilla
53
Natural And Artificial Flavors
54
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
55
Partially Inverted Sugar
56
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
57
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
58
Glycerine
59
Modified Food Starch
60
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
61
Carrageenan Gum
62
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
63
Methyl Paraben And Propyl Paraben
64
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, mono calcium phosphate, aluminum sulfate), food starch-modified dextrose, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides with bht & citric acid as preservatives, salt, nonfat milk solids, sorbitan monostearate, artificial flavor, soy lecithin, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, wheat starch, propylene glycol, citric acid, silicon dioxide, cocoa processed with alkali, sorbitan monostearate, nonfat milk solids, caramel color, polysorbate 80, water, natural and artificial flavor, corn syrup, polysorbate 80, glycerin, sulfites, silicon dioxide, cream cheese (pasteurized milk, cream cheese culture, carob bean gum), margarine (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, salt, mono- and diglycerides colored with annatto/turmeric, calcium edta added as a preservative, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), egg whites, guar gum, triethyl citrate, whole eggs, bourbonnais vanilla (natural and artificial flavors, water, ethyl alcohol, caramel color, partially inverted sugar, glycerin, citric acid), high fructose corn syrup, fd&c red 40, glycerine, modified food starch, fd&c red 3, carrageenan gum, potassium sorbate, methyl paraben and propyl paraben (preservatives)

Other products containing Food Starch-modified Dextrose

Food Starch-modified Dextrose is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Red Velvet Filled Cupcake

Neighbours outside Arnie's in the same lower screening band as Red Velvet Filled Cupcake (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Arnie's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red Velvet Filled Cupcake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Red Velvet Filled Cupcake'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 0076185005543: 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.