Grand cheesecake selection
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
Grand cheesecake selection by The Cheesecake Factory receives a safety score of 70/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Grand cheesecake selection by The Cheesecake Factory carries a composite safety score of 70/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Grand cheesecake selection is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 70/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers [carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums]), cream (nonfat milk, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80), sugar, chocolate crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], caramel color, sodium bicarbonate, whey [milk], salt), whole eggs, snickers bits (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin, artificial flavor], peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor), sour cream (pasteurized grade a cultured milk, cream, nonfat milk solids, enzymes), margarine (palm oil, palm fractions, water, salt, emulsifiers [soya lecithin, distilled monoglycerides], natural butter flavor, citric acid [as antioxidant], vitamin a & beta-carotene), strawberry filling (strawberries, sugar, water, modified corn starch, natural flavor, citric acid, potassium sorbate & sodium benzoate [preservatives], salt, agar, f.d. & c. red no. 40, f.d. & c. yellow no. 5), semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweeteened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [as emulsifier], artificial vanilla flavor), powdered sugar, graham crumb (wheat flour, whole wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, honey, sodium bicarbonate, salt), vanilla crumb (wheat flour, cane sugar, palm oil, whey [milk], salt, sodium bicarbonate, natural butter vanilla flavor), raspberry puree (sugar, red raspberry puree, glucose syrup, raspberry puree concentrate, coloring food [concentrates of carrot & black currant], pectin [gelling agent], citric acid [acidifier], potassium sorbate [preservative], carmine [color], natural flavor), white pastel coating (sugar, palm kernel oil and palm oils, whey, nonfat milk, titanium dioxide color, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor, and vanilla), unsweetened chocolate, caramel (invert sugar, cream [cream, carrageenan, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate 80], sugar), egg whites, egg yolks, butter (cream), semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin [as emulsifier],artificial vanilla flavor, natural flavors), artificial vanilla flavor, white coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin [emulsifier], titanium dioxide [artificial color], and natural flavors), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, belgian unsweetened chocolate, whole milk powder, nonfat dry milk, milkfat, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), light corn syrup (corn syrup, salt, vanilla extract [vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol]), cinnamon, salt, cream of tartar.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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