Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
by The Bakery
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Peanut Butter Chocolate 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
Peanut Butter Chocolate 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, Peanut Butter Chocolate 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
Sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), powdered sugar, eggs, water, palm oil, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono - and diglycerides, colored with annatto, calcium disodium edta added as preservative, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated cottonseed and rapeseed oil, salt), soybean oil, dark chocolate flavored drizzle (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, buttermilk, cocoa, milkfat, hydrogenated palm oil, sorbitan monostearate and soy lecithin and polysorbate 60 [emulsifiers], natural and artificial flavors), canola oil, invert sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup, chocolate sprinkles (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, soy lecithin, arabic gum, confectioner's glaze [shellac]), high oleic sunflower and/or canola oil, mono - and diglycerides, glycerin, egg whites, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fatty acids, milk chocolate peanut butter cups (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, milk, soy lecithin, (emulsifier), natural flavors], sugar, peanut butter [peanuts, salt], palm kernel oil, partially defatted peanut flour, nonfat milk, salt, soy lecithin [emulsifier]), food starch-modified, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), hydrogenated cottonseed oil, dextrose, salt, soy flour, whey, potassium sorbate and sodium propionate and sorbic acid (preservatives), corn flour, soy lecithin, nonfat milk, polysorbate 60, xanthan gum, polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, medium chain triglycerides, polysorbate 80, yellow lake 5, yellow lake 6, blue lake 2, red lake 40, guar gum, cellulose gum, sorbitol, natural and artificial flavor, datem, citric acid, cornstarch.
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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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