Apple Crumb Coffee Cake
by The Bakery
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Apple Crumb Coffee Cake by The Bakery 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
Apple Crumb Coffee Cake by The Bakery 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, Apple Crumb Coffee Cake 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
Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, sugar, soy lecithin, mono - and diglycerides, potassium sorbate preservative, citric acid preservative, artificial flavor, beta-carotene color, vitamin a palmitate), sugar, wheat flour, apples, margarine (soybean and palm oil, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate preservative, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, beta-carotene color), palm oil and fractionated palm oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, contains less than 2% of each of the following: yeast, milk, neufchatel cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), cinnamon, whey, salt, egg yolks, food starch - modified, defatted soy flour, skim milk, distilled monoglycerides, dextrin, egg whites, degerminated yellow corn flour, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate), calcium sulfate, maltodextrin, potassium sorbate preservative, milk protein concentrate, corn syrup, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, cellulose gel, citric acid preservative, sodium stearoyl lactylate, natural and artificial flavors, xanthan gum, ammonium sulfate, soybean oil, cheese culture, sherry wine, propylene glycol, sodium benzoate preservative, enzymes, spices, carob bean gum, lemon juice concentrate, lactic acid, turmeric oleoresin color, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, canola oil, beta-apo-8'-carotenal color, invert sugar, paprika oleoresin color, glyceryl monooleate, polysorbate 60, caramel color, vinegar, corn oil, ethyl alcohol, ascorbic acid preservative, gum tragacanth, guar gum.
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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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