cake
Contains 6 flagged ingredients
cake receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 6 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
cake carries a composite safety score of 0/100, 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 6 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, 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 6 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
sugar, water, vegetable shortening (palh oil, canola oil, hono-and diglyceriodes), blea ched enriched flour (wheat flour, nia cin, reduced iron, thia mine mononitrate, riboflavin, folica cid), eggs, soy oil, less than 2 of cocoa processed with alkali, vegetable shortening (palh oil, soy oil, propylenegly col mono-and diglycerides of fats andfatty a cids, high oleic soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, polysorba te 60, mono-and digly cerides, soylecithin), dried glucose syrup, food starch-modified, maltodextrin, skim milk, cornstarch, palm oil, palm kerneloil, baking soda, sa lt, dextrose, soy lecithin, egg whites, wheat starch, riceflour,propylene gly col mono-a nd diesters of fats and fatty a gds, mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl la ctylate, citric a cd (preservativð, natural á nd artificial flavor, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, sodium alumimum phosphate, red3, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, trehalose, sodium acdpyrophosphate,xanthan gum, yellow 6, shellag cn rna uba wax,colora dded, blue 1lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 2, guar gum,pota ssiuh sorbate(preserváảtive), monocalcum phosphate, polysorbate 60, fractionated coconut oil, blue2 lake, red 40 la ke, yellow6 lake, sunflower lecthin, hono-and diglycerides, aca cia, ocust bean gum, dextrin, sodiuh benz qate (preservative), rwosphorica od, chocolate liquor, hydrox ypropylhethylčellulose, 380starch,corn strup solids, hicrocrystallinecellulose, estersof fatty acds, sodiuh algihate, heat ard soy, celluloše, sorbitan
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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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