Caution

Vanilla Mascarpone Cake

by Elite Sweets

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0620545687506 · Elite Sweets · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0620545687506 · Serving size 87 g

The verdict

Vanilla Mascarpone Cake by Elite Sweets scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 56-component record, beginning with Cream, Milk, Cellulose Gel. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 56 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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

45687506 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vanilla Mascarpone Cake label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Instant Hot Cocoa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …687506 · July 2026

14 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 45687506 · 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: Instant Hot Cocoa · Nearest score peer is Instant Hot Cocoa 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.

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. Vanilla Mascarpone Cake: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vanilla Mascarpone Cake80/1002. Instant Hot Cocoa: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Instant Hot Cocoa80/1003. Winco foods, country with sausage gravy mix: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Winco foods, country with…80/1004. Strawberries 'N Crème Protein Shake: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberries 'N Crème Pro…80/1005. Turkey ham: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Turkey ham80/100
High-band neighbours for Vanilla Mascarpone Cake (80/100) outside Elite Sweets.
Chart values as text

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

Vanilla Mascarpone Cake
80/100
Instant Hot Cocoa
80/100
Winco foods, country with sausage gravy mix
80/100
Strawberries 'N Crème Protein Shake
80/100
Turkey ham
80/100

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. Vanilla Mascarpone Cake scores 6.1 points below that category average (80/100 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

Vanilla Mascarpone Cake lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 56 (97th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cream
2
Milk
3
Cellulose Gel
4
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
5
Cellulose Gum
6
Moise Sponge Cake Mix
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Enriched Wheat Flour
9
Corn Starch
10
Canola Oil
11
Whey Powder
12
Baking Powder
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Liquid Whole Egg
16
Water
17
Marscapone
18
Milk And Cream
19
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
20
Mono And Diglycerides
21
Guar Gum
22
Carob Bean Gum
23
Skim Milk Powder
24
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
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
26
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
27
Natural Flavour
28
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
29
White Chocolate Curls
30
Whole Milk Powder
31
Cocoa Butter
32
Soy Lecithin
33
Natural Vanilla Flavouring
34
Caramel Filling
35
Glucose
36
Glucose-fructose
37
Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk
38
Milk Ingredients
39
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
40
Palm Kernel Oil
41
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
42
Colour
43
Disodium Phosphate
44
Juice
45
Carrot
46
Organic Pumpkin
47
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
48
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
49
Milk Chocolate Truffle
50
Cocoa Mass
51
Vanilla Flavour
52
Milk Chocolate
53
Unsweetened Chocolate
54
Vanilla Extract
55
Natural Custard Flavour
56
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

Full Ingredient List

Cream (cream, milk, cellulose gel, carrageenan, cellulose gum), Moise sponge cake mix (sugar, enriched wheat flour, modified corn starch, canola oil, whey powder, baking powder, salt, wheat starch), Liquid whole egg, Water, Sugar, Canola oil, Marscapone (milk and cream, maltodextrin, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum, skim milk powder, fructose, citric acid, salt, potassium sorbate, natural flavour, calcium chloride), White chocolate curls ( sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring), Caramel filling (glucose, water, glucose-fructose, sugar, sweetened condensed whole milk [milk ingredients, sugar, lactose], modified corn starch, modified palm kernel oil, skim milk powder, salt, caramel [colour], disodium phosphate, juice [carrot, pumpkin], gellan gum, natural flavour, titanium dioxide [colour]), Milk chocolate truffle (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavour), Milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, unsweetened chocolate, soy lecithin, salt, natural vanilla extract), Modified corn starch, Natural vanilla flavour, Natural custard flavour, Xanthan gum

Categories

Snacks Desserts Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vanilla Mascarpone Cake

Neighbours outside Elite Sweets with screening scores in the same high band as Vanilla Mascarpone Cake (80/100 here). No other Elite Sweets products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vanilla Mascarpone Cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Vanilla Mascarpone Cake's 2 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 0620545687506: 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.