Concern

White iced choc cupcake

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0733147221600 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0733147221600 · Serving size 1 CUPCAKE (61 g)

The verdict

White iced choc cupcake scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 76 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 76-component record, beginning with 217 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 76 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

47221600 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

White iced choc cupcake label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 76 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …221600 · July 2026

19 of 76 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 47221600 · 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

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.

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. White iced choc cupcake scores 26.1 points below that category average (60/100 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

White iced choc cupcake lists 76 ingredients on its label

76 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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: 76 (100th 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 76 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
217 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
Palm Oil
11
Egg White
12
Egg Yolk With Sodium Silicoaluminate
13
Nonfat Milk
14
Leavening
15
Baking Soda
16
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
17
Monocalcium Phosphate
18
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
19
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fatty Acids
22
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
23
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
24
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
25
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
26
Mono And Diglycerides
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
Guar Gum
30
Cellulose 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 Shortening
38
Interestified Soybean Oil
39
Fully Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
40
Corn Syrup Solids
41
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
42
Color
43
Chocolate Cake Mix
44
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
45
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
46
Dicalcium Phosphate
47
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
48
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
49
Sprinkles
50
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
51
Corn Starch
52
Glucose
53
Soya Lecithin
54
Fd & C Artificial Colors
55
Red #40 Dye
56
Yellow #5 Dye
57
Red #3 Dye
58
Yellow #6 Dye
59
Blue # 1 Dye
60
Carnauba Wax
61
Soybean Oil. If Colored May Contain
62
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
63
Glycerine
64
Food Grade Titanium Dioxide
65
Food Grade Kaolin
66
Certified Colors
67
Red #3
68
Red #40
69
Blue #1
70
Blue #2
71
Yellow #5
72
Yellow #6
73
Hydrated Silica
74
Silica
75
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
76
Methylcellulose Gu

Full Ingredient List

217 white cake mix (sugar, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], palm oil, egg white, egg yolk with sodium silicoaluminate, nonfat milk, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], dextrose, modified tapioca starch, salt, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, sorbitan monostearate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, calcium acetate, guar gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, soy flour), water, powdered sugar with corn starch (anticaking agent), icing base (vegetable shortening [interestified soybean oil, fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60], sugar, corn syrup solids, titanium dioxide [color], salt, artificial flavor), chocolate cake mix (sugar, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], cocoa processed with alkali, palm oil, egg white, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], egg yolk with sodium silicoaluminate, modified tapioca starch, dextrose, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fatty acids, salt, sorbitan monostearate, maltodextrin, nonfat milk, dicalcium phosphate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, xanthan gum, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, calcium acetate, guar gum, cellulose gum, artificial flavor, red 40, soy flour), sprinkles (sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn starch, glucose, soya lecithin, fd & c artificial colors [red #40 dye, yellow #5 dye, red #3 dye, yellow #6 dye, blue # 1 dye], carnauba wax), soybean oil. if colored may contain (water, propylene glycol, glycerine, food grade titanium dioxide, food grade kaolin, certified colors [red #3, red #40, blue #1, blue #2, yellow #5 and/or yellow #6], hydrated silica, silica, sorbitol, methylcellulose gu

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from White iced choc cupcake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 76-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare White iced choc cupcake'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 0733147221600: 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.