Cheesecake sampler
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Cheesecake sampler receives a safety score of 65/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 3 ingredients 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
Cheesecake sampler carries a composite safety score of 65/100, which we classify as "Concern" 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 3 flagged ingredients 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, Cheesecake sampler 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 | 65/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 3 | 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
Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum), sugar, eggs, graham crumb (wheat flour, graham flour, sugar, palm and palm kernel oil, molasses, honey, salt, sodium bicarbonate), chocolate cookie crumb (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, palm and palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, yellow corn flour, salt, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin), semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor), butter (pasteurized cream, salt), chocolate peanut butter cups (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, nonfat milk, milk fat, lactose, soy lecithin, pgpr], peanuts, sugar, dextrose, salt, tbhq preservative), caramel (reduced lactose sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar, skim milk], corn syrup, water, sugar, butter [cream, salt], modified food starch, gellan gum, xanthan gum, sodium bicarbonate, mono - and diglycerides, natural flavor, potassium sorbate preservative, salt), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, nonfat milk, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavor), lemon juice from concentrate (water, lemon juice concentrate), raspberries, natural and artificial vanilla flavor, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), strawberry pastry filling (strawberries, water, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, orange pulp, modified food starch, sugar, citric acid, red 40, sodium benzoate preservative, potassium sorbate preservative, caramel color, salt, artificial flavor), heavy cream (cream, carrageenan), roasted pecans (pecans, cottonseed oil, salt), raspberry pastry filling (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, raspberry puree, orange pulp, modified food starch, red 40, citric acid, sodium benzoate preservative, potassium sorbate preservative, caramel color, artificial flavor), semisweet chocolate curls (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, butter oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor), chocolate coating (powdered sugar [sugar, corn starch], chocolate liquor, coconut oil, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor, milk), peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated vegetable oil [contains one or more of the following: rapeseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil], salt), natural flavor, soy lecithin.
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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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