Concern

Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry

by Coborn's Incorporated

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0733147204764 · Coborn's Incorporated · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0733147204764 · Serving size 5 ONZ (135 g)

The verdict

Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry by Coborn's Incorporated scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with White Cake Mix, Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 53 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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

47204764 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry Bagpac · ±0 BOOK-OFF …204764 · July 2026

18 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 47204764 · 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: Strawberry Bagpac · Nearest score peer is Strawberry Bagpac at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Coborn's, Square Cake, St…50/1002. Strawberry Bagpac: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry Bagpac50/1003. Artisan Crust Supreme Pizza: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Artisan Crust Supreme Piz…50/1004. Darrenkamp's, Dip & Spread: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Darrenkamp's, Dip & Spread50/1005. Cookies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cookies50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry (50/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry
50/100
Strawberry Bagpac
50/100
Artisan Crust Supreme Pizza
50/100
Darrenkamp's, Dip & Spread
50/100
Cookies
50/100

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. Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 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

Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 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: 53 (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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
White Cake Mix
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Flour Bleached
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oils
11
Egg White
12
Nonfat Milk
13
Egg Yolk
14
Leavening
15
Baking Soda
16
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
17
Monocalcium Phosphate
18
Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fatty Acids
19
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
20
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Mono And Diglycerides
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
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
24
Sodium Pyrophosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
25
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
26
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
27
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
28
Calcium Acetate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Cellulose Gum
30
Guar Gum
31
Artificial Flavor
32
Soy Flour
33
Water
34
Organic Powdered Sugar With Organic Corn Starch
35
Anticaking Agent
36
Icing Base
37
Vegetable Oil
38
Partially Hydrogenated Soy And Cottonseed
39
Corn Syrup Solids
40
Soybean Oil
41
Strawberry Fruitcentrate
42
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
43
Crushed Pineapple In Juice
44
Strawberries
45
Corn Starch
46
Natural And Artificial Flavor
47
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
48
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
49
Preservatives
50
Artificial Color
51
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
53
Sodium Alginate

Full Ingredient List

White cake mix (sugar, enriched flour bleached[wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate,riboflavin, folic acid], partially hydrogenated soybean oils, egg white, nonfat milk, egg yolk, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, dextrose,modified tapioca starch, mono and diglycerides, salt, sorbitan monostearate, sodium pyrophosphate, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, calcium acetate,cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, soy flour) , water, powdered sugar with corn starch (anticaking agent),icing base (vegetable oil [partially hydrogenated soy and cottonseed], sugar, corn syrup solids, mono and diglycerides, salt, artificial flavor, polysorbate 60) , soybean oil, strawberry fruitcentrate (corn syrup, crushed pineapple in natural juice, sugar, strawberries, modified corn starch, water, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservatives],artificial color [red 40, red 3], sodium alginate).

Other products containing Crushed Pineapple In Juice

Crushed Pineapple In Juice is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry

Neighbours outside Coborn's Incorporated near Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Coborn's Incorporated; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Coborn's, Square Cake, Strawberry'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 0733147204764: 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.