Caution

Loaf Cake

by The Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0605388128133 · The Bakery · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0605388128133 · Serving size 1 LOAF (85 g)

The verdict

Loaf Cake by The Bakery scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Bleached Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

88128133 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Loaf Cake label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Brownie Fudge Topped · ±0 BOOK-OFF …128133 · July 2026

15 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 88128133 · 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: Brownie Fudge Topped With Chocolate Chip Cookie · Nearest score peer is Brownie Fudge Topped With Chocolate Chip Cookie 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 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Loaf Cake: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Loaf Cake75/1002. Brownie Fudge Topped With Chocolate Chip Cookie: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Brownie Fudge Topped With…75/1003. Great value, enriched instant grits, butter: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Great value, enriched ins…75/1004. Maraschino Cherries: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Maraschino Cherries75/1005. Maraschino: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Maraschino75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Loaf Cake (75/100 on 44 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Loaf Cake
75/100
Brownie Fudge Topped With Chocolate Chip Cookie
75/100
Great value, enriched instant grits, butter
75/100
Maraschino Cherries
75/100
Maraschino
75/100

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. Loaf Cake scores 11.1 points below that category average (75/100 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

Loaf Cake lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 44 (93rd 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Bleached Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Soybean Oil
11
Eggs
12
Lemon Peel
13
Margarine
14
Palm Oil
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Mono And Diglycerides
17
Soy Lecithin
18
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
19
Preservative
20
Artificial Flavor
21
Beta-carotene For Color And Vitamin A Palmitate
22
Bleached Wheat Flour
23
Food Starch-modified
24
Lemon Oil
25
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
26
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
27
Baking Soda
28
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
29
Mono-and Diglycerides
30
Propylene Glycol Monoesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids
31
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
32
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
33
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Nonfat Dry Milk
35
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Soy Flour
37
Preservatives
38
Sodium Propinate
39
Potassium Sorbate And Sorbic Acid
40
Natural And Artificial Flavor
41
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
42
Guar Gum
43
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
44
Turmeric For Color

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, lemon peel, contains 2% less of: margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], artificial flavor, beta-carotene for color and vitamin a palmitate), bleached wheat flour, food starch-modified, lemon oil, invert sugar, glycerin, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, mono-and diglycerides, propylene glycol monoesters of fats and fatty acids, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, whey, nonfat dry milk, wheat gluten, salt, soy flour, preservatives (sodium propinate, potassium sorbate and sorbic acid), natural and artificial flavor, xanthan gum, guar gum, fd&c yellow #5, turmeric for color.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Loaf Cake

Neighbours outside The Bakery near Loaf Cake's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Bakery; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Loaf Cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Loaf Cake'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 0605388128133: 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.