Crumble cake
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Crumble cake by Coffee House Cafe receives a safety score of 25/100 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
Crumble cake by Coffee House Cafe carries a composite safety score of 25/100, 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 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, Crumble 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 D 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 | 25/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 3 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | D | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Creme cake base (enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, food starch-modified, dextrose, soybean oil, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate], whey, salt, mono and diglycerides, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, vital wheat gluten, sodium stearoyl lactylate, tricalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, corn starch, cellulose gum, soy flour, egg, natural and artificial flavors, water, alpha tocopherols as preservative, ascorbic acid, citric acid), strawberry filling (strawberries, high fructose corn syrup, food starch-modified, water, sugar, citric acid, salt, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate preservative, sodium benzoate preservative, gellan gum, artificial flavor, red 40), cream cheese filling (water, sugar, cream cheese [pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum], corn syrup, food starch-modified, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed oil], salt, glucono delta lactone, sodium benzoate preservative, potassium sorbate preservative, titanium dioxide color, polysorbate 60, lactic acid, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, citric acid, yellow 6, yellow 5), egg, water, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, natural flavor, soy lecithin, beta carotene color, vitamin a palmitate added), powdered sugar (sugar, cornstarch), sugar, dry cultured whey, natural flavor, salt, soy lecithin.
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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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