Eclair Cake
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Eclair Cake by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. receives a safety score of 30/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 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
Eclair Cake by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. carries a composite safety score of 30/100, which we classify as "Avoid" 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 4 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, Eclair 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 | 30/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | 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
Cake mix (sugar, enriched bleached flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], modified food starch, soybean oil, whey, emulsifier blend [propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid {preservative}], salt, vital wheat gluten, leavening [sodium aluminium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate], artificial flavor), cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, xanthan gum, carob bean gum, guar gum), heavy cream (milk, cream, carrageenan), eggs, soybean oil, semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanillin [an artificial flavor]), butter with natural flavor (pasteurized cream, natural flavors), vanilla filling (sugar, nonfat milk, modified food starch, salt, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate, titanium dioxide [color], corn starch, disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate [preservative], dextrose, wheat starch, maltodextrin, artificial flavor, yellow 5, yellow 6), sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid), graham cracker crumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], graham flour, sugar, palm oil, brown sugar, honey, salt, baking soda, natural flavor), powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), non-dairy whipped topping (water, palm kernel oil, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, contains less than 2% of the following: coconut oil, sodium caseinate [a milk derivative], dextrose, polysorbate 60, sorbitan monostearate, guar gum, xanthan gum, beta carotene [for color]), white coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, monoglycerides, titanium dioxide color, natural flavors), corn syrup, cocoa (processed with potassium carbonate), sugared egg yolks (egg yolks, sugar), dextrose, graham cracker compound (natural flavor, sugar, dextrose, fructose, salt), salt, natural & artificial flavor blend (dextrose, corn starch, turmeric [color], natural and artificial flavor, beta-apo-8'-carotenal [color] alcohol, mixed tocopherols [preservative]), modified food starch, vanilla beans, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate).
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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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