Daily chef, bundt cake, chocolate
by Daily Chef, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Daily chef, bundt cake, chocolate by Daily Chef, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. receives a safety score of 85/100 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
Daily chef, bundt cake, chocolate by Daily Chef, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" 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, Daily chef, bundt cake, chocolate 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 | 85/100 | 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, soybean oil, eggs, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid), semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), water, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening blend (palm oil, soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, tbhq [preservative], citric acid [preservative]), corn syrup. contains 2% or less of each of the following: milk (milk, vitamin d3), high fructose corn syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali), modified food starch, whey, cocoa, dextrose, white chocolate curls (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, lactose, whey, soy lecithin, natural flavor), chocolate bar (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, whey, lactose, soy lecithin, natural flavor), emulsifier blend (propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate), sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), vital wheat gluten, salt, soy lecithin, sodium bicarbonate, palm oil, artificial color, sodium aluminum phosphate, aluminum sulfate, calcium propionate (preservative), monocalcium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, mono - and diglycerides, potassium sorbate (preservative), citric acid, polysorbate 60, agar-agar, locust bean 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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