Caution

WalMart cupcake with icing

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0200570018980. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0200570018980

The verdict

WalMart cupcake with icing scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Sugar, Vegetable Shortening, Palm Oil Canola Oil. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0200570018980
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

70018980 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

WalMart cupcake with icing label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 11% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …018980 · July 2026

5 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 70018980 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

WalMart cupcake with icing lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Vegetable Shortening
3
Palm Oil Canola Oil
4
Mono-and Diglycerides
5
Water Bleached Enriched Flour
6
Wheat Flour Nia Cin
7
Reduged Iron Thiamine Mononit Rate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Foligagid
10
Eggs
11
Less Than 2% Of Soy Oil Cocoa Progessed With Alkal Vegetable Shortening
12
Palm Ol
13
Soy Oil Propyleneglycol Mono-and Diglycerides Of Fats Andfatty Acids
14
High Oleic Soybean Oil Hydrogenated 3oybean Oi
15
Polysorrate 60 Mono-and Diglycerides Soylecit Hin
16
Glucose Syrup
17
Modified Food Starch
18
Malt Odextrin Skim Milk Cornstarch
19
Palm Oil Palm Kerneloilbaking3oda
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
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
22
Soy Lecit Hin Egg Whites
23
Wheat Starch Rigeflour Propylene Glycol Mono-and Diesters Offatsand Fatty Acids
24
Mono-and
25
High Fructobe Corn S Yrup Sodiumaluminum Phobphate Red 3 Red 40 Yellow 5
26
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
27
Trehalose
28
Sodium Acidpytiophosphate Xant Han Gum
29
Yellowr Shellac
30
Carnaura Wax
31
Color Added
32
Blue 1lake Yellow 5 Lake Blue 2 Arqum Potassium Sorbate
33
Preservative
34
Monocalcumphosphate
35
Sodium Benz Oate
36
Preservativel Phosphoricacid
37
Chocolate Liquor Hydr Glygerintapioca Starchwhe Ymilk
38
Corn S Yrupso Ids
39
Whey Proteinconcentrate
40
Mlk Microcrystalline Cellulose Bht
41
Preservatve
42
Canola Oil Polyglyceroiestersof Fattyacius Carbox Ymethyl Cellulose
43
Soy Flour Soymk Cottonseed Oil
44
But Teroimodified Cornstarch Carra Geenan
45
Milk
46
Wheat Lecithin
47
Soy

Full Ingredient List

sugar, vegetable shortening (palm oil canola oil, mono-and diglycerides), water bleached enriched flour (wheat flour nia cin, reduged iron thiamine mononit rate, riboflavin, foligagid), eggs, less than 2% of soy oil cocoa progessed with alkal vegetable shortening (palm ol, soy oil propyleneglycol mono-and diglycerides of fats andfatty acids, high oleic soybean oil hydrogenated 3oybean oi, polysorrate 60 mono-and diglycerides soylecit hin), dried glucose syrup, food starch modified, malt odextrin skim milk cornstarch, palm oil palm kerneloilbaking3oda, salt, dextrose, soy lecit hin egg whites, wheat starch rigeflour propylene glycol mono-and diesters offatsand fatty acids, mono-and (iglycerdes38onium stearoyl lact ylate cit ricacidnatural and art ificial flavor cornsyrup, high fructobe corn s yrup sodiumaluminum phobphate red 3 red 40 yellow 5, blue 1, trehalose, sodium acidpytiophosphate xant han gum, yellowr shellac, carnaura wax,color added, blue 1lake yellow 5 lake blue 2 arqum potassium sorbate (preservative)monocalcumphosphate, polysorbate 60fractionatedgoconut oil blue 2lake red 40 lake yellow lake sunflower and diglycerides acacia logust beangum dext rin, sodium benz oate (preservativel phosphoricacid, chocolate liquor hydr glygerintapioca starchwhe ymilk) corn s yrupso ids, whey proteinconcentrate (mlk microcrystalline cellulose bht (preservatve) canola oil polyglyceroiestersof fattyacius carbox ymethyl cellulose, sodilim alginatesorbitan monostearate sodium propionatepropionica cid renzoic acid, soy flour soymk cottonseed oil, but teroimodified cornstarch carra geenan contains milk, eggs, wheat lecithin, and soy

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from WalMart cupcake with icing's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare WalMart cupcake with icing's 1 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 0200570018980: 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.