Safe

German Square Cake

by Fresh Coborn's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0733147204832 · Fresh Coborn's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0733147204832 · Serving size 5 ONZ (135 g)

The verdict

German Square Cake by Fresh Coborn's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Cake Mix, Sugar, Enriched 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 51 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.

47204832 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

German Square Cake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Sulfites PHOTO-FINISH Peach Crumb 8 · ±0 BOOK-OFF …204832 · July 2026

15 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sulfites). Source sheet 47204832 · 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: Peach Crumb 8 Inch Pie · Nearest score peer is Peach Crumb 8 Inch Pie 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. German Square Cake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. German Square Cake100/1002. Peach Crumb 8 Inch Pie: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Peach Crumb 8 Inch Pie100/1003. Sub Pretzel Roll: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sub Pretzel Roll100/1004. Pretzel Slider Rolls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pretzel Slider Rolls100/1005. Pretzel Twist W/Salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pretzel Twist W/Salt100/100
High-band neighbours for German Square Cake (100/100) outside Fresh Coborn's.
Chart values as text

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

German Square Cake
100/100
Peach Crumb 8 Inch Pie
100/100
Sub Pretzel Roll
100/100
Pretzel Slider Rolls
100/100
Pretzel Twist W/Salt
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. German Square Cake 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

German Square Cake lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 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: 51 (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
Cake Mix
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Wheatflour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced 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
Vegetable Shortening
11
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
12
With Addedmonodiglycerides
13
Mono - And Diesters Of Fat Andpolysorbate 60
14
Organic Cocoa
15
Alkali Treated
16
Non Fat Milkpowder
17
Egg Whites
18
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
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
21
Soy Lecithin
22
Natural And Artificialflavor
23
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
24
Monocalcium Phosphate
25
Icing
26
Water
27
Organic Coconut
28
Preserved With Sodium Metabisulfite
29
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
30
Soybean And/orcottonseed
31
Palm Oil
32
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
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
34
Nonfat Milk
35
Pecans
36
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
37
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
38
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
39
Preservative
40
Soylecithin
41
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
42
Agar
43
Caramelcolor
44
Mono & Diglycerides
45
Natural And Artificial Flavor
46
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
47
Alpha Tocopherols
48
Beta Carotene
49
Color
50
Corn Oil
51
Soybean Oil

Full Ingredient List

Cake mix (sugar, enriched wheat flour (wheatflour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (partiallyhydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil), with addedmonodiglycerides, mono - and diesters of fat andpolysorbate 60), cocoa (alkali treated), non fat milkpowder, egg whites, sodium bicarbonate, salt, sodium aluminum phosphate, soy lecithin, natural and artificialflavor, xanthan gum, monocalcium phosphate); icing (sugar, water, coconut (preserved with sodium metabisulfite), partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (soybean and/orcottonseed and/or palm oil), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, nonfat milk, pecans, propylene glycol, salt, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), soylecithin, polysorbate 60, xanthan gum, agar, caramelcolor, mono & diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, sulfites, alpha tocopherols (preservative), beta carotene(color), corn oil); water; soybean oil.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for German Square Cake

Neighbours outside Fresh Coborn's with screening scores in the same high band as German Square Cake (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fresh Coborn's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

German Square Cake 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 0733147204832: 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.