Caution

Red velvet cake

by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131122757 · Wal-Mart Stores Inc. · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131122757 · Serving size 0.056 CAKE (95 g)

The verdict

Red velvet cake by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat 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 57 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

31122757 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Red velvet cake label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-FINISH Marketside, exquisite red · ±0 BOOK-OFF …122757 · July 2026

15 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 31122757 · 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: Marketside, exquisite red velvet cake by the slice · Nearest score peer is Marketside, exquisite red velvet cake by the slice 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. Red velvet cake: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Red velvet cake75/1002. Marketside, exquisite red velvet cake by the slice: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Marketside, exquisite red…75/1003. Pineapple soda, pineapple: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pineapple soda, pineapple75/1004. Philly Cheese steak Sub: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Philly Cheese steak Sub75/1005. Milk Chocolate Graham Crackers, Milk Chocolate: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Milk Chocolate Graham Cra…75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Red velvet cake (75/100 on 57 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Red velvet cake
75/100
Marketside, exquisite red velvet cake by the slice
75/100
Pineapple soda, pineapple
75/100
Philly Cheese steak Sub
75/100
Milk Chocolate Graham Crackers, Milk Chocolate
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. Red velvet 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

Red velvet cake lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced 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
Vegetable Shortening
10
Palm Oil
11
Soybean Oil
12
Mono - And Diglycerides
13
Milk
14
Eggs
15
Egg Yolks
16
Margarine
17
Fractionated Palm Oil
18
Water
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Distilled Monoglycerides
21
Soy Lecithin
22
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
23
Preservative
24
Natural Butter Flavor
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
Vitamin A Palminate
27
Beta-carotene Color
28
Dried Cream Cheese
29
Pasteurized Milk
30
Cream
31
Cheese Culture
32
Carob Bean Gum
33
Neufchatel Cheese
34
Organic Cocoa
35
Or Fd & C Red #40
36
Vanilla Flavor
37
Baking Powder
38
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
39
Aluminum Sodium Sulfate
FIRMING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
40
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
Lemon Juice
42
Bleached Enriched Bromated Flour
43
Bleached Enriched Flour
44
Malted Barley Flour
45
Potassium Bromate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid Approved
46
Red And Ivory Chocolate Rolls
47
Cocoa Butter
48
Whole Milk Powder
49
Red 40 Lake Color
50
Nonfat Dry Milk
51
Emulsifier
52
Vanilla Extract
53
Cocoa Horizon Foundation
54
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
55
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
56
Guar Gum
57
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

Sugar, bleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides), milk, eggs, egg yolks, margarine (palm oil, fractionated palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, distilled monoglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], natural butter flavor, citric acid [preservative], vitamin a palminate, beta-carotene color), cream cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), neufchatel cheese (pasteurized milk, cream, salt, carob bean gum), water, soybean oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), fd & c red #40, natural vanilla flavor, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, aluminum sodium sulfate, cornstarch), lemon juice, bleached enriched bromated flour (bleached enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], malted barley flour, potassium bromate), red and ivory chocolate rolls (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, red 40 lake color, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural vanilla extract, cocoa horizon foundation (cocoa), salt, modified cornstarch, corn syrup, guar gum, xanthan gum.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Red velvet cake

Neighbours outside Wal-Mart Stores Inc. near Red velvet cake's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Red velvet cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Red velvet 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 0681131122757: 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.