Caution

Grand cheesecake selection

by The Cheesecake Factory

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0785397008463 · The Cheesecake Factory · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0785397008463 · Serving size 1 slice (124 g)

The verdict

Grand cheesecake selection by The Cheesecake Factory scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 112 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 112-component record, beginning with Dried Cream Cheese, Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
4
Many flagged · of 112 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

97008463 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Grand cheesecake selection label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 112 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Mesquite Smoke Barbecue · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008463 · July 2026

18 of 112 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 97008463 · 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: Mesquite Smoke Barbecue Sauce · Nearest score peer is Mesquite Smoke Barbecue Sauce 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.

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. Grand cheesecake selection: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Grand cheesecake selection70/1002. Mesquite Smoke Barbecue Sauce: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mesquite Smoke Barbecue S…70/1003. Western family, barbecue sauce, honey: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Western family, barbecue …70/1004. Bread & Butter Sandwich Slices: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bread & Butter Sandwich S…70/1005. Western family, barbecue sauce, original: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Western family, barbecue …70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Grand cheesecake selection (70/100 on 112 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Grand cheesecake selection
70/100
Mesquite Smoke Barbecue Sauce
70/100
Western family, barbecue sauce, honey
70/100
Bread & Butter Sandwich Slices
70/100
Western family, barbecue sauce, original
70/100

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. Grand cheesecake selection scores 16.1 points below that category average (70/100 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

Grand cheesecake selection lists 112 ingredients on its label

112 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 112 (100th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 112 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dried Cream Cheese
2
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
3
Cheese Culture
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Stabilizers
6
Carob Bean
7
Xanthan
8
Guar Gums
9
Cream
10
Nonfat Milk
11
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
12
Mono And Diglycerides
13
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
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Chocolate Crumb
16
Wheat Flour
17
Cane Sugar
18
Palm Oil
19
Organic Cocoa
20
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
21
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
22
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
23
Milk
24
Whole Eggs
25
Snickers Bits
26
Milk Chocolate
27
Cocoa Butter
28
Natural Chocolate
29
Skim Milk
30
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
31
Milkfat
32
Soy Lecithin
33
Artificial Flavor
34
Peanuts
35
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
36
Egg Whites
37
Sour Cream
38
Pasteurized Grade A Cultured Milk
39
Nonfat Milk Solids
40
Enzymes
41
Margarine
42
Palm Fractions
43
Water
44
Emulsifiers
45
Soya Lecithin
46
Distilled Monoglycerides
47
Natural Butter Flavor
48
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
49
As Antioxidant
50
Vitamin A & Beta-carotene
51
Strawberry Filling
52
Strawberries
53
Corn Starch
54
Natural Flavor
55
Potassium Sorbate & Sodium Benzoate
56
Preservatives
57
Agar
58
F.d. & C. Red No. 40
59
Including F.d. & C. Yellow No. 5
60
Organic Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
61
Unsweeteened Chocolate
62
As Emulsifier
63
Artificial Vanilla Flavor
64
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
65
Graham Crumb
66
Whole Wheat Flour
67
Honey
68
Vanilla Crumb
69
Natural Butter Vanilla Flavor
70
Raspberry Puree
71
Red Raspberry Puree
72
Glucose Syrup
73
Raspberry Puree Concentrate
74
Coloring Food
75
Concentrates Of Carrot & Black Currant
76
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
77
Gelling Agent
78
Acidifier
79
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
80
Preservative
81
Carmine
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
82
Color
83
White Pastel Coating
84
Palm Kernel Oil And Palm Oils
85
Titanium Dioxide Color
86
Sunflower Lecithin
87
Vanilla
88
Unsweetened Chocolate
89
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
90
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
91
Mono-and Diglycerides
92
Egg Yolks
93
Butter
94
Semisweet Chocolate
95
Natural Flavors
96
White Coating
97
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
98
Whey Powder
99
Nonfat Milk Powder
100
Emulsifier
101
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
102
Artificial Color
103
Natural Flavors
104
Belgian Unsweetened Chocolate
105
Whole Milk Powder
106
Nonfat Dry Milk
107
Vanilla Extract
108
Light Corn Syrup
109
Vanilla Beans
110
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
111
Cinnamon
112
Cream Of Tartar

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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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Grand cheesecake selection

Neighbours outside The Cheesecake Factory near Grand cheesecake selection's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Cheesecake Factory; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Grand cheesecake selection's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 112-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Grand cheesecake selection'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 0785397008463: 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.