Concern

Mini cup cake

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0739148100357 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0739148100357 · Serving size 28 g (28 g)

The verdict

Mini cup cake scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 44 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.

48100357 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mini cup cake label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …100357 · July 2026

12 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 48100357 · 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. Mini cup cake 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

Mini cup cake lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 44 (93rd 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 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Wheat Flour
 2
Bleached Wheat Flour
 3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
 5
Potassium Bromate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid Approved
6
Thiamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Mononitrate
 8
Ribovlavin
 9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Malted Barley Flour
 11
Whole Eggs
 12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Vegetable Shortening
 14
Palm Oil
 15
Soybean Oil
 16
Cocoa Powder
 17
Baking Powder
 18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Filtered Water
 20
Cinnamon & Raspberry/apricot
 21
Apples
 22
Apricots
 23
Raspberries
 24
Sweeteners
 25
Glucose Sugar
 26
Water
 27
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
28
Sodium
 29
Alginate
Thickener
Safe
30
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
31
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
32
Preservative
 33
Sulphite
 34
Artificial Flavors
 35
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Blue #1
 37
Blue #2
 38
Yellow #5
 39
Natural Chocolate
 40
Soybean Or Palm Or Kernel Or Cottonseed Oil
 41
Choc Liquor
 42
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
43
Artificial Flavor
 44
Vanilla

Full Ingredient List

Wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, potassium bromate, thiamine, mononitrate, ribovlavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), whole eggs, sugar, vegetable shortening, palm oil, soybean oil, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), baking powder, salt, filtered water, fillings: cinnamon & raspberry/apricot (apples, apricots, raspberries, sweeteners (glucose sugar), water, pectin, sodium, alginate, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative) sulphite (preservative), artificial flavors, fd&c red #40, blue #1, blue #2, yellow #5 and/or chocolate (sugar, soybean or palm or kernel or cottonseed oil, cocoa powder, choc liquor, salt, lecithin, artificial flavor) and/or vanilla

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mini cup cake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Mini cup cake'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 0739148100357: 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.