Avoid

Frosted Cupcakes

by Lofthouse Bakery

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708971919573 · Lofthouse Bakery · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708971919573 · Serving size 1 CUPCAKE (57 g)

The verdict

Frosted Cupcakes by Lofthouse Bakery scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 11 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 62-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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
11
Many flagged · of 62 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

71919573 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Frosted Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 11 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Patriotic Frosted Sugar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …919573 · July 2026

22 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 71919573 · 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: Patriotic Frosted Sugar Cookies · Nearest score peer is Patriotic Frosted Sugar Cookies 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. Frosted Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Frosted Cupcakes0/1002. Patriotic Frosted Sugar Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Patriotic Frosted Sugar C…0/1003. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted Sugar Cookies0/1004. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Sugar Cookies0/1005. Heart Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Heart Cookies0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Frosted Cupcakes (0/100 on 62 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Frosted Cupcakes
0/100
Patriotic Frosted Sugar Cookies
0/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
0/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
0/100
Heart Cookies
0/100

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. Frosted Cupcakes scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Frosted Cupcakes lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 62 (99th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (11 flagged of 62 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
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Vitamin B1
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Vitamin B2
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Eggs
12
Soybean Oil
13
Margarine
14
Palm Oil
15
Water
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Mono - & Diglycerides
18
Artificial Flavor
19
Calcium Disodium Edta
20
Preservative
21
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Non Fat Milk
23
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
24
Corn Starch
25
Food Starch-modified
26
Natural & Artificial Flavors
27
Mono - And Diglycerides
28
Leavening
29
Baking Soda
30
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
31
Monocalcium Phosphate
32
Butter
33
Cream
34
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
35
Color
36
Vegetable Oil
37
Palm Kernel Oil
38
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
39
Cottonseed
40
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
41
Soy Lecithin
42
Emulsifier
43
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono/diglycerides
44
Confectioner's Glaze
45
Lac Resin
46
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
47
Carnauba Wax
48
Colors
49
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
50
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
51
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
54
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
55
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
56
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
57
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
58
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
59
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
60
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
61
Tbhq And Citric Acid
62
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), eggs, soybean oil, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono - & diglycerides, artificial flavor, calcium disodium edta [preservative], vitamin a palmitate), palm oil, non fat milk, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, corn starch, food starch-modified, natural & artificial flavors, mono - and diglycerides, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), butter (cream, salt, annatto [color]), vegetable oil (palm kernel oil and/or palm oil and/or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and/or soybean oil]), salt, dextrin, soy lecithin (emulsifier), diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono/diglycerides, confectioner's glaze (lac resin), polysorbate 60, carnauba wax, colors (blue 1, blue 1 lake, blue 2, blue 2 lake, red 3, red 40, red 40 lake, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6, yellow 6 lake), xanthan gum, tbhq and citric acid (preservatives).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Frosted Cupcakes

Neighbours outside Lofthouse Bakery in the same lower screening band as Frosted Cupcakes (0/100). No other Lofthouse Bakery products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Frosted Cupcakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Frosted Cupcakes's 11 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 0708971919573: 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.