Cream Cheese Banana Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting, Cream Cheese Banana With Salted Caramel Frosting
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Cream Cheese Banana Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting, Cream Cheese Banana With Salted Caramel Frosting by Heinemann's bakeries 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
Cream Cheese Banana Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting, Cream Cheese Banana With Salted Caramel Frosting by Heinemann's bakeries 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, Cream Cheese Banana Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting, Cream Cheese Banana With Salted Caramel Frosting 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 | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | 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, Riboflavn Folic Acid, Soybe An Oil. Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Monocalcium 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 60 Wheat Starch Silicon Dioxide Water Sucrose Maltodextrin, Egg Whites Guar Gum Triethyl Citrate Whole Eggs Margarine Palm Oil Water, Soybe An Oil, Salt With Mono And Diglycerides Added Colored With Annatto Calcium Disodium Edta Added As A Preservative Artificial Butter Flavor Vitamin A Palmitate Added) Whey Leavening Baking Soda Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Aluminum Sulfate, Vital Wheat Gluten, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate Tricalcium Phosphate Ascorbic Acid (Dough Conditioner) Cream Cheese Pasteurized Milk Cream Cheese Culture, Carob Bean Gum), Shortening (Palm Oil & Soybe An Oil With Mono - And Diglycerides And Polysorbate 60 Added, Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Protect Flavor). Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Banana Puree (Banana, Citric Acid Ascorbic Acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate), Artificial Flavor. Yellow 5, Chocolate Liquor Vanillin (An Artificial Flavoring) Cocoa Butter Natural Vanilla Extract Corn Syrup Reconstituted Milk Water, Powdered Milk), Butter (Cream, Salt). Invert Sugar Bha As An Antioxidant Natural Flavors, Ammonium Carbonate, Custard Water Corn Syrup High Fructose Corn Syrup Sugar Food Starch-Modified Agar-Agar Caramel Color Natural & Artificial Flavor Palm Oil, Phosphoric Acid Polysorbate 80 Sodium Benzoate Sorbic Acid, Salt Titanium Dioxide Xanthan Gum Yellow 8 Yellow 5) Orange Pulp Glycerin Calcium Silicate Bourbonnais Vanilla (Natural And Artificial Flavors Water, Ethyl Alcohol, Caramel Color, Partially
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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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