Caution

Chocolate Explosion Cake

by Daily Chef

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742112831 · Daily Chef · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742112831 · Serving size 1 SLICE (118 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Explosion Cake by Daily Chef scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 85 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 85-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
3
Few flagged · of 85 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

42112831 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Explosion Cake label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 85 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Real Bacon Pieces · ±0 BOOK-OFF …112831 · July 2026

21 of 85 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 42112831 · 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: Real Bacon Pieces · Nearest score peer is Real Bacon Pieces at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Chocolate Explosion Cake: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Explosion Cake85/1002. Real Bacon Pieces: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Real Bacon Pieces85/1003. Ice cream: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream85/1004. Peanut Butter Bars: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Peanut Butter Bars85/1005. The bakery, crackle cookies, orange ginger: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The bakery, crackle cooki…85/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Explosion Cake (85/100) outside Daily Chef.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Explosion Cake
85/100
Real Bacon Pieces
85/100
Ice cream
85/100
Peanut Butter Bars
85/100
The bakery, crackle cookies, orange ginger
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Chocolate Explosion Cake scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Chocolate Explosion Cake lists 85 ingredients on its label

85 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 85 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 85 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Carob Bean Gum
6
Guar Gum
7
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Water
10
Semisweet Chocolate
11
Unsweetened Chocolate
12
Cocoa Butter
13
Unsweetened Chocolate Processed With Alkali
14
Soy Lecithin
15
Vanilla Flavor
16
Artificial Flavor
17
Heavy Cream
18
Cream
19
Milk
20
Nonfat Milk
21
Mono - And Diglycerides
22
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
23
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
24
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
25
Chocolate Cookie Crumbs
26
Enriched Wheat Flour
27
Wheat Flour
28
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Reduced Iron
30
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
33
Palm Oil
34
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
35
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Yellow Corn Flour
37
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
38
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Baking Soda
40
Natural And Artificial Flavor
41
Enriched Bleached Flour
42
Bleached Wheat Flour
43
Eggs
44
Non Dairy Whipped Topping
45
Palm Kernel Oil
46
Palm Oil
47
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
48
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
49
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose Gum
50
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
51
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
52
Sodium Citrate
53
Natural Flavor
54
Colored With Annatto Extract
55
Bittersweet Chocolate
56
Butterfat
57
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
58
Corn Syrup Blend
59
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
60
Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk
61
Skim Milk
62
Butter
63
Semisweet Chocolate Chips
64
Natural Chocolate
65
Brown Sugar
66
Roasted Almonds
67
Almonds
68
Sunflower Oil
69
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
70
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
71
Modified Food Starch
72
Disodium Phosphate
73
Natural And Artificial Flavors
74
Pecans
75
Organic Cocoa
76
Buttermilk Powder
77
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
78
Corn Starch
79
Monocalcium Phosphate
80
Cottonseed Oil
81
Maltitol Syrup
82
Vanilla Bean
83
Acacia Gum
84
Cellulose Gum
85
Konjac And Tara Gum Blend

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum, xanthan gum), sugar, water, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate processed with alkali, soy lecithin, vanilla flavor, salt, artificial flavor), heavy cream (cream, milk, nonfat milk, mono - and diglycerides, carrageenan, polysorbate 80, dextrose), chocolate cookie crumbs (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, palm oil, cocoa processed with alkali, high fructose corn syrup, yellow corn flour, caramel color, whey, baking soda, salt, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin), enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), eggs, non dairy whipped topping (water, sugar, palm kernel oil, contains less than 2% of the following: hydrogenated palm oil, sodium caseinate, polysorbate 60, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sorbitan monostearate, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, sodium citrate, salt, natural flavor, xanthan gum, colored with annatto extract), bittersweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, butterfat, vanilla flavor, artificial flavor, salt), caramel (corn syrup blend [corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup], sweetened condensed skim milk [skim milk, sugar, corn syrup], sugar, cream, butter, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, xanthan gum, baking soda, natural flavor), butter, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), brown sugar, contains less than 2% of the following: sugar, palm oil, butter, roasted almonds (almonds, cocoa butter and/or sunflower oil), salt, soy lecithin, dextrose, nonfat milk, fructose, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, high fructose corn syrup, modified food starch, disodium phosphate, mono - and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, pecans, cocoa butter, milk, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa, buttermilk powder, cocoa processed with alkali, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, cottonseed oil, maltitol syrup, vanilla bean, acacia gum, cellulose gum, konjac and tara gum blend.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Explosion Cake

Neighbours outside Daily Chef with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Explosion Cake (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Daily Chef; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Explosion Cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 85-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Chocolate Explosion Cake's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0078742112831: 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.