Safe

Original Cheesecake

by The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0785397004809 · The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0785397004809 · Serving size 135 g (135 g)

The verdict

Original Cheesecake by The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream, Salt. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0785397004809
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/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.

97004809 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Original Cheesecake label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Ultimate red velvet · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004809 · July 2026

15 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 97004809 · 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: Ultimate red velvet cake cheesecake · Nearest score peer is Ultimate red velvet cake cheesecake at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Original Cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Original Cheesecake95/1002. Ultimate red velvet cake cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ultimate red velvet cake …95/1003. Original Cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Cheesecake95/1004. Cinnamon Crumb Muffin: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cinnamon Crumb Muffin95/1005. Bone Daddy's Spicy Jalapeño Margarita Mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bone Daddy's Spicy Jalape…95/100
High-band neighbours for Original Cheesecake (95/100) outside The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated.
Chart values as text

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

Original Cheesecake
95/100
Ultimate red velvet cake cheesecake
95/100
Original Cheesecake
95/100
Cinnamon Crumb Muffin
95/100
Bone Daddy's Spicy Jalapeño Margarita Mix
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Original Cheesecake lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Stabilizers
5
Xanthan
6
Carob Bean
7
Guar Gums
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Sour Cream
10
Cultured Pasteurized Grade A Milk
11
Cream
12
Nonfat Milk Solids
13
Modified Food Starch
14
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Guar Gum
16
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
17
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
18
Locust Bean Gum
19
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Preservative
21
Vanilla And Graham Crumb
22
Enriched Wheat Flour
23
Wheat Flour
24
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Reduced Iron
26
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
29
Graham Flour
30
Palm Oil
31
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
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
33
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
34
Milk
35
Molasses
36
Natural 7 Artificial Flavor
37
Baking Soda
38
Eggs
39
Margarine
40
Water
41
Mono- & Diglycerides
42
Soy Lecithin
43
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
44
Artificial Flavor
45
Beta Carotene
46
Color
47
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Vanilla - An Artificial Flavor
49
Spice

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese (pasteurized cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers [xanthan, carob bean, and/or guar gums]), sugar, sour cream (cultured pasteurized grade a milk, cream, nonfat milk solids, modified food starch, sodium tripolyphosphate, guar gum, calcium sulfate, carrageenan, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate [preservative]), vanilla and graham crumb (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, graham flour, palm oil, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, whey [milk], molasses, salt, natural 7 artificial flavor, baking soda), eggs, margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono- & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], artificial flavor, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), vanilla - an artificial flavor, spice.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Original Cheesecake

Neighbours outside The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated with screening scores in the same high band as Original Cheesecake (95/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Original Cheesecake's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Original Cheesecake'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 0785397004809: 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.