Concern

Chocolate Cupcakes

by Kimberley's Bakeshoppe

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0770981540054 · Kimberley's Bakeshoppe · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0770981540054 · Serving size 1 CAKE (63 g)

The verdict

Chocolate Cupcakes by Kimberley's Bakeshoppe scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Icing Sugar, Sugar, 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 40 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.

81540054 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Cupcakes label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 60 PHOTO-FINISH Cupcake Cake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …540054 · July 2026

13 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 81540054 · 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: Cupcake Cake · Nearest score peer is Cupcake Cake at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chocolate Cupcakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Cupcakes50/1002. Cupcake Cake: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cupcake Cake50/1003. Brownies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Brownies50/1004. Cupcakes Filled With Rich Chocolate Fudge: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cupcakes Filled With Rich…50/1005. Two-bite, assorted cupcakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Two-bite, assorted cupcak…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Chocolate Cupcakes (50/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Cupcakes
50/100
Cupcake Cake
50/100
Brownies
50/100
Cupcakes Filled With Rich Chocolate Fudge
50/100
Two-bite, assorted cupcakes
50/100

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. Chocolate Cupcakes 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

Chocolate Cupcakes lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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: 40 (90th 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 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Icing Sugar
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Shortening
4
Canola
5
Palm
6
Palm And Palm Kernel Oil
7
Water
8
Soybean And Canola Oil
9
Egg
10
Enriched Wheat Flour
11
Wheat Flour
12
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Reduced Iron
14
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
17
Glucose
18
Cocoa Powder
19
Skim Milk Powder
20
Corn Starch
21
Whey Powder
22
Leavening
23
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
24
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
25
Corn Starch
26
Monocalcium Phosphate
27
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
28
Soybean Lecithin
29
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Butter
31
Cream
32
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Mono And Diglycerides
34
Artificial Flavor
35
Color
36
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
38
Fd&c Red #40 Lake
39
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides
40
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, shortening (canola, palm, modified palm and palm kernel oil), water, soybean and canola oil, egg, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), glucose, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), skim milk powder, modified corn starch, whey powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), soybean lecithin, wheat gluten, butter (cream, salt), mono and diglycerides, salt, artificial flavor, color (fd&c yellow #5, fd&c blue #1, fd&c red #40 lake), diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Cupcakes

Neighbours outside Kimberley's Bakeshoppe near Chocolate Cupcakes's mid-band score (50/100). 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

Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Cupcakes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
  • Compare Chocolate Cupcakes'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 0770981540054: 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.