Avoid

Red velvet cheesecake

by Daily Chef

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742114125 · Daily Chef · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742114125 · Serving size 1 SLICE (109 g)

The verdict

Red velvet cheesecake by Daily Chef scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Milk And Cream Cheese Culture, Salt. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 63 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

42114125 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red velvet cheesecake label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Rainbow Sherbet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …114125 · July 2026

18 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 42114125 · 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: Rainbow Sherbet · Nearest score peer is Rainbow Sherbet 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Red velvet cheesecake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Red velvet cheesecake0/1002. Rainbow Sherbet: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Rainbow Sherbet0/1003. Pumpkin Danish: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Pumpkin Danish0/1004. MOUNTAIN TREK TRAIL MIX: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. MOUNTAIN TREK TRAIL MIX0/1005. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Sugar Cookies0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Red velvet cheesecake (0/100 on 63 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Red velvet cheesecake
0/100
Rainbow Sherbet
0/100
Pumpkin Danish
0/100
MOUNTAIN TREK TRAIL MIX
0/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Red velvet cheesecake scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Red velvet cheesecake lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk And Cream Cheese Culture
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Carobbean Gum
5
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
6
Guar Gum
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Red Velvet Cake Mix
9
Enriched Flour
10
Bleached Wheat Flour
11
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Reduced Iron
13
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
16
Egg Whites
17
Soybean Oil
18
Palm Oil
19
Leavening
20
Baking Soda
21
Sodium Aluminium Phosphate
22
Monocalcium Phosphate
23
Egg Yolk With Sodium Silicoaluminate
24
Modified Food Starch
25
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
26
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
27
Natural And Artificial Flavor
28
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
29
Propylene Glycol Mono-and Diesters Of Fatty Acids
30
Nonfat Milk
31
Dicalcium Phosphate
32
Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate
33
Mono-and Diglycerides
34
Polysorbate60
35
Calcium Acetate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
Cellulose Gum
38
Soy Flour
39
Bavarian Creme Filling
40
Water
41
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
42
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
43
Agar Agar
44
Titaniumdioxide Color
45
Artificial Flavors
46
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
47
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
48
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
49
Eggs
50
White Chocolate Curls
51
Cocoa Butter
52
Whole Milk Powder
53
Whey Powder
54
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
55
Soy Lecithin
56
Natural Flavor
57
Lemon Juice From Concentrate
58
Lemon Juice Concentrate
59
Artificial Color
60
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
61
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
62
Sodium Benzoate Preservative
63
Potassium Sorbate Preservative

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream cheese culture, salt, carobbean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum), sugar, red velvet cake mix (sugar,enriched flour [bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], egg whites, soybean oil, palm oil, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], egg yolk with sodium silicoaluminate, modified food starch, dextrose, cocoa processed with alkali, natural and artificial flavor, sorbitan monostearate, propylene glycol mono-and diesters of fatty acids, salt, nonfat milk, dicalcium phosphate, tetra sodium pyrophosphate, xanthan gum, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate60, calcium acetate, guar gum, red 40, cellulose gum, soy flour), bavarian creme filling (water, high fructose corn syrup, modified food starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, sugar, salt, agar agar, titaniumdioxide color, artificial flavors, benzoic acid, yellow 5, yellow 6), eggs, water, white chocolate curls (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, whey powder, lactose, soy lecithin, natural flavor), soybean oil, lemon juice from concentrate (water, lemon juice concentrate), natural and artificial flavor, artificial color (caramel color, water, blue 1, yellow 6, sodium benzoate preservative, potassium sorbate preservative), red 40, caramel color, soy lecithin.

Categories

Snacks Desserts Sweet snacks Frozen foods Biscuits and cakes Frozen desserts Cakes Cheesecakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Red velvet cheesecake

Neighbours outside Daily Chef in the same lower screening band as Red velvet cheesecake (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Daily Chef; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red velvet cheesecake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Red velvet cheesecake's 5 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 0078742114125: 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.