Safe

Yellow Mini Cupcakes

by The Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742049779 · The Bakery · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742049779 · Serving size 3 cup (71 g)

The verdict

Yellow Mini Cupcakes by The Bakery scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 39 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

42049779 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Yellow Mini Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Calcium Sulfate PHOTO-FINISH Fiesta Blend Finely · ±0 BOOK-OFF …049779 · July 2026

10 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Sulfate). Source sheet 42049779 · 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: Fiesta Blend Finely Shredded Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero Cheese · Nearest score peer is Fiesta Blend Finely Shredded Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero Cheese at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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. Yellow Mini Cupcakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Yellow Mini Cupcakes100/1002. Fiesta Blend Finely Shredded Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fiesta Blend Finely Shred…100/1003. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Shredded Mozzarella Cheese100/1004. Mini Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mini Pizza100/1005. Great value, cream cheese spread, honey nut: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Great value, cream cheese…100/100
High-band neighbours for Yellow Mini Cupcakes (100/100) outside The Bakery.
Chart values as text

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

Yellow Mini Cupcakes
100/100
Fiesta Blend Finely Shredded Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Queso Quesadilla and Asadero Cheese
100/100
Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
100/100
Mini Pizza
100/100
Great value, cream cheese spread, honey nut
100/100

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. Yellow Mini Cupcakes scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Yellow Mini Cupcakes lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 39 (89th 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat 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
Egg
10
Water
11
Soybean And Canola Oil
12
Corn Starch
13
Whey Powder
14
Leavening
15
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
16
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
17
Corn Starch
18
Monocalcium Phosphate
19
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
20
Soybean Lecithin
21
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Color
24
Beta Carotene
25
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides
26
Icing Sugar
27
Shortening
28
Canola
29
Palm
30
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
31
Glucose
32
Cocoa Powder
33
Skim Milk Powder
34
Butter
35
Cream
36
Artificial Flavor
37
Palm Kernel Oil
38
Gum Arabic
39
Confectioner's Glaze

Full Ingredient List

Cake: sugar, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), egg, water, soybean and canola oil, modified corn starch, whey powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), soybean lecithin, wheat gluten, salt, color (beta carotene), diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor. icing: icing sugar, shortening (canola, palm, modified palm and palm kernel oil), glucose, water, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), skim milk powder, butter (cream, salt), artificial flavor, salt, polysorbate 60. sprinkles: icing sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, corn starch, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), glucose, soybean lecithin, gum arabic, confectioner's glaze.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Yellow Mini Cupcakes

Neighbours outside The Bakery with screening scores in the same high band as Yellow Mini Cupcakes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Bakery; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Yellow Mini Cupcakes has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0078742049779: 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.