Caution

Cake Batter

by Gorillas

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0761843440049 · Gorillas · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0761843440049 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (86 g)

The verdict

Cake Batter by Gorillas scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Ice Cream, Cream, Nonfat Milk. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
3
Few flagged · of 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

43440049 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cake Batter label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Marie's, glaze for · ±0 BOOK-OFF …440049 · July 2026

14 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 43440049 · 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: Marie's, glaze for strawberry · Nearest score peer is Marie's, glaze for strawberry 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Cake Batter: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cake Batter75/1002. Marie's, glaze for strawberry: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Marie's, glaze for strawb…75/1003. Bookbinders, hot horseradish mustard: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bookbinders, hot horserad…75/1004. Red Ju Ju Fish Flavored Fruity Candy, Red Ju Ju Fish: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Red Ju Ju Fish Flavored F…75/1005. null: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. null75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cake Batter (75/100 on 50 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cake Batter
75/100
Marie's, glaze for strawberry
75/100
Bookbinders, hot horseradish mustard
75/100
Red Ju Ju Fish Flavored Fruity Candy, Red Ju Ju Fish
75/100
null
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Cake Batter scores 15.9 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 90.9/100), 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 Cooking helpers products

Cake Batter lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 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 1,898 Cooking helpers 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 (3 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ice Cream
2
Cream
3
Nonfat Milk
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
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
6
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
7
Mono And Diglycerides
8
Guar Gum
9
Locust Bean Gum
10
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
12
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
13
Cookies
14
Bleached Wheat Flour
15
Margarine
16
Palm Oil
17
Soybean Oil
18
Water
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Soybean Lecithin
21
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
22
Preservative
23
Beta Carotene
24
Color
25
Artificial Flavor
26
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Eggs
28
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
29
Natural Flavors
30
Baking Soda
31
Butter Cream Frosting
32
Stabilizer
33
Modified Food Starch
34
Cellulose Gum
35
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
36
Gum Arabic
37
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
38
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
39
Tricalcium Phosphate
40
Sodium Aluminosilicate
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
Natural Flavor
43
Blue #1
44
Cake Batter Base
45
Unbleached Wheat Flour
46
Sugared Egg Yolk
47
Egg Yolks
48
Sweetened Condensed Whole Milk
49
Vanilla
50
Annatto Color

Full Ingredient List

Ice cream (cream, nonfat milk, sugar, corn syrup, whey, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, calcium sulfate, polysorbate 80, carrageenan), cookies (bleached wheat flour, sugar, margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, whey, mono and diglycerides, soybean lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], beta carotene [color], artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate), eggs, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavors, salt, baking soda, butter cream frosting (corn syrup, sugar, water, stabilizer [modified food starch, cellulose gum, dextrose, carrageenan, gum arabic, potassium sorbate, citric acid, tricalcium phosphate, sodium aluminosilicate], titanium dioxide, natural flavor, blue #1), cake batter base (unbleached wheat flour, corn syrup, sugar, water, sugared egg yolk [egg yolks, sugar], sweetened condensed whole milk, natural flavor, vanilla, annatto color, salt, potassium sorbate)

Categories

Cooking helpers

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Cake Batter

Neighbours outside Gorillas near Cake Batter's mid-band score (75/100). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Gorillas; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cake Batter's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Cake Batter's 3 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 0761843440049: 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.