Concern

Red Velvet Cake

by The Bakery Baked With Pride

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742037677 · The Bakery Baked With Pride · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742037677 · Serving size 0.166 CAKE (75 g)

The verdict

Red Velvet Cake by The Bakery Baked With Pride scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 54-component record, beginning with Sugar, Dried Cream Cheese, Milk. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 54 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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

42037677 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red Velvet Cake label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Diet soda · ±0 BOOK-OFF …037677 · July 2026

13 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 42037677 · 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: Diet soda · Nearest score peer is Diet soda at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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 Cake: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red Velvet Cake55/1002. Diet soda: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Diet soda55/1003. Marketside, medium pepperoni pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Marketside, medium pepper…55/1004. Rising Crust Supreme Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rising Crust Supreme Pizza55/1005. Deep Dish Mini Pizza: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Deep Dish Mini Pizza55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Red Velvet Cake (55/100 on 54 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Red Velvet Cake
55/100
Diet soda
55/100
Marketside, medium pepperoni pizza
55/100
Rising Crust Supreme Pizza
55/100
Deep Dish Mini Pizza
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Red Velvet Cake scores 31.1 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Red Velvet Cake lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Dried Cream Cheese
3
Milk
4
Cream
5
From Milk
6
Cheese Culture
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Carob Bean Gum
9
Enriched Bleached Wheat 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
Cultured Buttermilk
17
Cultured Milk
18
Nonfat Milk
19
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Sodium Citrate
21
Locust Bean Gum
22
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
23
Mono-and Diglycerides
24
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin D3
26
Vegetable Shortening
27
Palm And Soybean Oils
28
Mono - And Diglycerides
29
Propylene Glycol Monoesters
30
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
31
Soy Lecithin
32
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
33
Margarine
34
Palm Oil
35
Water
36
Soybean Oil
37
Artificial Flavor
38
Annatto Extract
39
For Color
40
Calcium Disodium Edta
41
Eggs
42
Semisweet Chocolate Chunks
43
Chocolate Liquor
44
Cocoa Butter
45
Milkfat
46
Emulsifier
47
Natural Flavor
48
Natural And Artificial Flavor
49
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
50
Leavening
51
Baking Soda
52
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
53
Monocalcium Phosphate
54
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, cream cheese (milk, cream [from milk], cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cultured buttermilk (cultured milk, nonfat milk, modified cornstarch, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, carrageenan, mono-and diglycerides, salt, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3), vegetable shortening (palm and soybean oils, mono - and diglycerides, propylene glycol monoesters, polysorbate 60, soy lecithin, to preserve freshness [tbhq]), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, annatto extract [for color], to preserve freshness [calcium disodium edta], vitamin a palmitate), eggs, semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], natural flavor, salt), contains less than 2% of the following: natural and artificial flavor, cocoa processed with alkali, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), modified cornstarch, salt, soy lecithin, red 40.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Red Velvet Cake

Neighbours outside The Bakery Baked With Pride near Red Velvet Cake's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Bakery Baked With Pride; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red Velvet Cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Red Velvet Cake's 3 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 0078742037677: 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.