Chocolate Explosion Cake
by Daily Chef, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Chocolate Explosion Cake 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 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
Chocolate Explosion Cake 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 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, Chocolate Explosion 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 | 85/100 | 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, 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.
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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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