Avoid

Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239415405 · Target Stores · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239415405 · Serving size 1 CUPCAKE (83 g)

The verdict

Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling by Target Stores scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Sugar, Canola And Soybean Oil, Egg. 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 60 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.

39415405 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH White-dipped cinnamon cookies · ±0 BOOK-OFF …415405 · July 2026

23 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 39415405 · 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: White-dipped cinnamon cookies · Nearest score peer is White-dipped cinnamon cookies 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. Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberry frosted chocol…0/1002. White-dipped cinnamon cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. White-dipped cinnamon coo…0/1003. Heart-shaped chocolate covered cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Heart-shaped chocolate co…0/1004. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Sugar Cookies0/1005. sugar cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. sugar cookies0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling (0/100 on 60 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling
0/100
White-dipped cinnamon cookies
0/100
Heart-shaped chocolate covered cookies
0/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
0/100
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. Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling 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

Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 60 (98th 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 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Canola And Soybean Oil
3
Egg
4
Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Water
12
Cocoa Powder Processed With Alkali
13
Corn Starch
14
Whey Powder
15
Leavening
16
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
17
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
18
Corn Starch
19
Monocalcium Phosphate
20
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Soy Lecithin
22
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides
25
Artificial Flavor
26
Icing Sugar
27
Shortening
28
Canola
29
Palm
30
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
31
Strawberry Compound
32
Glucose
33
Strawberry And Raspberry Juices
34
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Strawberries
36
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
37
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Beet
40
Color
41
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
42
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
43
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
44
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
45
Preservative
46
Natural And Artificial Flavor
47
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
48
Butter
49
Cream
50
Skim Milk Powder
51
Mono And Diglycerides
52
Lemon Juice Concentrate
53
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
54
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
55
Natural Flavor
56
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
57
Carrot And Black Currant Juice
58
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
59
Confectioner's Glaze
60
Carnauba Wax

Full Ingredient List

Cake: sugar, canola and soybean oil, egg, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cocoa powder processed with alkali, modified corn starch, whey powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), soy lecithin, wheat gluten, salt, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, icing: icing sugar, shortening (canola, palm, modified palm and palm kernel oil), water, strawberry compound (glucose, strawberry and raspberry juices, fructose, strawberries, citric acid, water, red 40, yellow 5, beet [color], caramel color, propylene glycol, sugar, pectin, sodium benzoate [preservative], natural and artificial flavor), invert sugar, glucose, butter (cream, salt), skim milk powder, mono and diglycerides, modified corn starch, salt, lemon juice concentrate, red 40 lake, polysorbate 60, filling: water, glucose, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, natural flavor, citric acid, dextrose, pectin, color (carrot and black currant juice), sprinkles: sugar, red 40, red 3, confectioner's glaze, carnauba wax.

Categories

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling

Neighbours outside Target Stores in the same lower screening band as Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Strawberry frosted chocolate cupcakes with strawberry filling'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 0085239415405: 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.