Avoid

Gourmet Cupcakes

by Kimberley's Bakeshoppe

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0770981310251 · Kimberley's Bakeshoppe · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0770981310251 · Serving size 1 CAKE (81 g)

The verdict

Gourmet Cupcakes by Kimberley's Bakeshoppe scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 61-component record, beginning with Icing Sugar, Sugar, Non-hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Shortening. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 61 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

81310251 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Gourmet Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Au'some, party bag · ±0 BOOK-OFF …310251 · July 2026

23 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 81310251 · 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: Au'some, party bag pirate candy · Nearest score peer is Au'some, party bag pirate candy 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Gourmet Cupcakes: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Gourmet Cupcakes20/1002. Au'some, party bag pirate candy: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Au'some, party bag pirate…20/1003. Dessert Bar: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dessert Bar20/1004. Splash mango peach: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Splash mango peach20/1005. Frozen birthday cake dessert bar: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Frozen birthday cake dess…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Gourmet Cupcakes (20/100 on 61 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Gourmet Cupcakes
20/100
Au'some, party bag pirate candy
20/100
Dessert Bar
20/100
Splash mango peach
20/100
Frozen birthday cake dessert bar
20/100

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. Gourmet Cupcakes scores 66.1 points below that category average (20/100 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

Gourmet Cupcakes lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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: 61 (99th 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 61 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Icing Sugar
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Non-hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Shortening
4
Canola
5
Palm
6
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
7
Water
8
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
9
Wheat Flour
10
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Reduced Iron
12
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Egg
16
Vegetable Oil
17
Soybean And Canola
18
Strawberry Filling
19
Glucose
20
Strawberries
21
Corn Starch
22
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
23
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
24
Sodium Citrate
25
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
26
Preservative
27
Artificial Flavor
28
Color
29
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
30
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
32
Strawberry Compound
33
Strawberry And Raspberry Juices
34
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Beet Color
37
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
38
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
39
Natural And Artificial Flavor
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Whey Powder
42
Butter
43
Cream
44
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
Skim Milk Powder
46
Leavening
47
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
48
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
49
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Monocalcium Phosphate
51
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
52
Soybean Lecithin
53
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
54
Mono And Diglycerides
55
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides
56
Natural Flavor
57
Lemon Juice Concentrate
58
Vanilla Seeds
59
Fd&c Red #40 Lake
60
Beta Carotene
61
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved

Full Ingredient List

Icing sugar, sugar, non-hydrogenated vegetable oil shortening (canola, palm, modified palm and palm kernel oil), water, bleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), egg, vegetable oil (soybean and canola), strawberry filling [glucose, sugar, water, strawberries, modified corn starch, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate (preservative), artificial flavor, color (fd&c blue #1, fd&c red #40)], modified corn starch, invert sugar, strawberry compound [glucose, strawberry and raspberry juices, fructose, strawberries, citric acid, water, color (fd&c red #40, fd&c yellow #5), beet color, propylene glycol, sugar, pectin, sodium benzoate (preservative), ethyl alcohol, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color], glucose, whey powder, butter (cream, salt), skim milk powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), soybean lecithin, wheat gluten, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, salt, lemon juice concentrate, vanilla seeds, color (fd&c red #40 lake), beta carotene (color), polysorbate 60.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Gourmet Cupcakes

Neighbours outside Kimberley's Bakeshoppe in the same lower screening band as Gourmet Cupcakes (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kimberley's Bakeshoppe; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Gourmet Cupcakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Gourmet Cupcakes's 4 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 0770981310251: 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.