Safe

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria

by Grahams

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0811442030001 · Grahams · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0811442030001 · Serving size 1 slice76 g

The verdict

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria by Grahams scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 33-component record, beginning with Sponge, Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0811442030001
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

42030001 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Potassium Bicarbonate PHOTO-FINISH Scythe · ±0 BOOK-OFF …030001 · July 2026

12 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bicarbonate). Source sheet 42030001 · 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: Scythe · Nearest score peer is Scythe 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Classic Victoria Sponge C…100/1002. Scythe: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Scythe100/1003. Cambozola Soft Ripened Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cambozola Soft Ripened Ch…100/1004. Dark Chocolate Sticks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dark Chocolate Sticks100/1005. Sweets candy company chocolate orange sticks milk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweets candy company choc…100/100
High-band neighbours for Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria (100/100) outside Grahams.
Chart values as text

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

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria
100/100
Scythe
100/100
Cambozola Soft Ripened Cheese
100/100
Dark Chocolate Sticks
100/100
Sweets candy company chocolate orange sticks milk
100/100

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. Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (84th 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

1
Sponge
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamin
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Vegetable Oil
9
Egg
10
Water
11
Glycerine
12
Starch
Thickener
Safe
13
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Disodium Diphosphate
15
Potassium Bicarbonate
FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
16
Mono - And Palm Oil Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
17
Propane-1
18
2-diol Palm Esters Of Fatty Acids
19
Sodium Stearoyl-2-palm Lactylate
20
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
21
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
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
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
25
Cornflour
26
Buttercream
27
Butter
28
Milk
29
Flavourings
30
Raspberry Jam
31
Raspberries
32
Concentrated Apple Puree
33
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Sponge [Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Vegetable Oil, Egg, Water, Glycerine, Modified Starch, Wheat Starch, Disodium Diphosphate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Mono - And Palm Oil Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids, Propane-1,2-Diol Palm Esters Of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl-2-Palm Lactylate, Dextrose, Potassium Sorbate, Wheat Gluten, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Cornflour.], Buttercream [Sugar, Butter (Milk), Natural Flavourings], Raspberry Jam [Raspberries, Sugar, Apple Puree, Pectin].

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria

Neighbours outside Grahams with screening scores in the same high band as Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria (100/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Grahams; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Classic Victoria Sponge Cake, Classic Victoria has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0811442030001: 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.