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French style cheesecake

by Marketside

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0681131225021 · Marketside · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0681131225021 · Serving size 0.5 cup (75 g)

The verdict

French style cheesecake by Marketside scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 57-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Milk, Cream. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

31225021 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

French style cheesecake label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Energy Berry Blast · ±0 BOOK-OFF …225021 · July 2026

19 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 31225021 · 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: Energy Berry Blast Liquid Water Enhancer · Nearest score peer is Energy Berry Blast Liquid Water Enhancer 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. French style cheesecake: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. French style cheesecake20/1002. Energy Berry Blast Liquid Water Enhancer: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Energy Berry Blast Liquid…20/1003. Orange: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Orange20/1004. Diet orange soda: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Diet orange soda20/1005. Soda: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soda20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for French style cheesecake (20/100 on 57 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

French style cheesecake
20/100
Energy Berry Blast Liquid Water Enhancer
20/100
Orange
20/100
Diet orange soda
20/100
Soda
20/100

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. French style cheesecake scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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

French style cheesecake 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

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: 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Bacterial Culture
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Carob Bean Gum
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Sour Cream
9
Microbial Enzymes
10
Margarine
11
Palm Oil
12
Water
13
Soybean Oil
14
Mono - And Diglycerides
15
Artificial Flavor
16
Annatto Extract
17
Color
18
Preservative
19
Calcium Disodium Edta
20
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour
23
Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
30
Palm Kernel Oil
31
Graham Flour
32
Brown Sugar
33
Honey
34
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
35
Natural And Artificial Flavor
36
Corn Starch
37
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
38
Cellulose Gel
39
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
40
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
41
Baking Soda
42
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
43
Monoglycerides
44
Cellulose Gum
45
Polyglycerate 60
46
Ethoxylated Mono-and Diglycerides
47
Guar Gum
48
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
49
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
50
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
51
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Beta-carotene Color
54
Milk And Wheat
55
Organic Coconut
56
Pecans
57
Walnuts And Soy

Full Ingredient List

cream cheese (milk, cream, bacterial culture, salt, carob bean gum), sugar, sour cream (cream, microbial enzymes), margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, annatto extract [color], preservative [calcium disodium edta], vitamin a palmitate), high fructose corn syrup, enriched unbleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), hydrogenated coconut oil, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, water, contains less than 2% of the following: graham flour, palm oil, brown sugar, honey, corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor, modified corn starch, sodium caseinate, cellulose gel, salt, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, baking soda, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, monoglycerides, cellulose gum, polyglycerate 60 (ethoxylated mono-and diglycerides), guar gum, polysorbate 80, yellow 5, citric acid, red 40, yellow 6, beta-carotene color, contains milk and wheat, may contain traces of eggs, coconut, pecans, walnuts and soy,

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Cheesecakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for French style cheesecake

Neighbours outside Marketside in the same lower screening band as French style cheesecake (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marketside; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from French style cheesecake'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 Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare French style cheesecake's 4 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 0681131225021: 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.