Safe

Cupcakes

by Lofthouse

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708971919597 · Lofthouse · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708971919597 · Serving size 1 CUPCAKE (57 g)

The verdict

Cupcakes by Lofthouse scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 52-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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 52 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

71919597 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Dextrin PHOTO-FINISH Lofthouse cookies, no-bake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …919597 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dextrin). Source sheet 71919597 · 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: Lofthouse cookies, no-bake cookies soft & chewy, fudge · Nearest score peer is Lofthouse cookies, no-bake cookies soft & chewy, fudge at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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. Cupcakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cupcakes100/1002. Lofthouse cookies, no-bake cookies soft & chewy, fudge: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lofthouse cookies, no-bak…100/1003. Swirl Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Swirl Cookies100/1004. Frosted Sugar Cookies: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Sugar Cookies100/1005. Roscoe's, Original Waffles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Roscoe's, Original Waffles100/100
High-band neighbours for Cupcakes (100/100) outside Lofthouse.
Chart values as text

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

Cupcakes
100/100
Lofthouse cookies, no-bake cookies soft & chewy, fudge
100/100
Swirl Cookies
100/100
Frosted Sugar Cookies
100/100
Roscoe's, Original Waffles
100/100

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. Cupcakes scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Cupcakes lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 52 (96th 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

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
Soybean Oil
12
Margarine
13
Palm Oil
14
Water
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Mono - & Diglycerides
17
Artificial Flavor
18
Calcium Disodium Edta
19
Preservative
20
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Eggs
22
Organic Cocoa
23
Corn Starch
24
Food Starch-modified
25
Mono - And Diglycerides
26
Vegetable Oil
27
Palm Kernel Oil
28
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
29
Cottonseed
30
Leavening
31
Baking Soda
32
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
33
Monocalcium Phosphate
34
Butter
35
Cream
36
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
37
Color
38
Natural & Artificial Flavors
39
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
40
Milk Protein
41
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono/diglycerides
42
Vital Wheat Gluten
43
Confectioner's Glaze
44
Lac Resin
45
Soy Lecithin
46
Emulsifier
47
Carnauba Wax
48
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
49
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
50
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
51
Tbhq And Citric Acid
52
Preservatives

Full Ingredient List

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

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cupcakes

Neighbours outside Lofthouse with screening scores in the same high band as Cupcakes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lofthouse; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cupcakes has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0708971919597: 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.