Caution

Custard Powder Mix

by Tazah

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0738960241262 · Tazah · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0738960241262 · Serving size 100 g (100 g)

The verdict

Custard Powder Mix by Tazah scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Corn Starch, Natural Cream Flavor, Vanilla Flavor, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

60241262 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Custard Powder Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-LONG Len top 100% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Lofthouse cookies, red · ±0 BOOK-OFF …241262 · July 2026

1 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 60241262 · 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, red velvet soft & chewy cookies · Nearest score peer is Lofthouse cookies, red velvet soft & chewy 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Custard Powder Mix: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Custard Powder Mix75/1002. Lofthouse cookies, red velvet soft & chewy cookies: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lofthouse cookies, red ve…75/1003. Swirled Frosted Sugar Cookies: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Swirled Frosted Sugar Coo…75/1004. Swirled Frosted Sugar Cookies: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Swirled Frosted Sugar Coo…75/1005. Lofthouse, sugar cookies, apple pie: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lofthouse, sugar cookies,…75/100
Short-label cross-brand peers (4 ingredients on 0738960241262).
Chart values as text

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

Custard Powder Mix
75/100
Lofthouse cookies, red velvet soft & chewy cookies
75/100
Swirled Frosted Sugar Cookies
75/100
Swirled Frosted Sugar Cookies
75/100
Lofthouse, sugar cookies, apple pie
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Custard Powder Mix scores 14.5 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 89.5/100), 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 Desserts products

Custard Powder Mix lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Above this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Above this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Above this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (0th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 4 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Corn starch, cream flavor, vanilla flavor, fd&c red 40

Categories

Desserts

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Custard Powder Mix

Neighbours outside Tazah near Custard Powder Mix's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tazah; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Custard Powder Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Custard Powder Mix's 1 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 0738960241262: 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.