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Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream

by Sweet Sam's Baking Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0833282008125 · Sweet Sam's Baking Company · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0833282008125 · Serving size 3 ONZ (85 g)

The verdict

Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream by Sweet Sam's Baking Company scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Cupcake, Sugar, Enriched 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 45 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

82008125 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Sorbitan Monostearate PHOTO-FINISH Sweet sam's, cupcake, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008125 · July 2026

14 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitan Monostearate). Source sheet 82008125 · 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: Sweet sam's, cupcake, chocolate peanut butter · Nearest score peer is Sweet sam's, cupcake, chocolate peanut butter 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.

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. Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Van…100/1002. Sweet sam's, cupcake, chocolate peanut butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet sam's, cupcake, cho…100/1003. Sweet sam's, cupcake, vanilla chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweet sam's, cupcake, van…100/1004. Cupcake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cupcake100/1005. Classic Crumb Cake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Classic Crumb Cake100/100
High-band neighbours for Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream (100/100) outside Sweet Sam's Baking Company.
Chart values as text

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

Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream
100/100
Sweet sam's, cupcake, chocolate peanut butter
100/100
Sweet sam's, cupcake, vanilla chocolate
100/100
Cupcake
100/100
Classic Crumb Cake
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. Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream 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

Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 45 (93rd 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
Cupcake
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Whole Eggs
11
Water
12
Canola Oil
13
Soybean Oil
14
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
15
Leavening
16
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
17
Baking Soda
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
20
Nonfat Milk
21
Vital Wheat Gluten
22
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
23
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
24
Guar Gum
25
Mono And Diglycerides
26
Natural Flavor
27
Soy Flour
28
Icing
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Unsalted Butter
32
Ream Cheese
33
Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream
34
Tara Gum And Guar Gum
35
Vanilla Extract
36
Topping
37
Corn Starch
38
Palm Oil & Palm Kernel Oil
39
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Turmeric
42
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
43
Organic Vegetable Juices For Color
44
Confectioners Glaze
45
Carnauba Wax

Full Ingredient List

Cupcake (sugar, enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], whole eggs, water, canola oil, soybean oil, modified corn starch: contains 2% or less of: whey, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda], salt, sorbitan monostearate, nonfat milk, vital wheat gluten, polysorbate 60, xanthan gum, guar gum, mono and diglycerides, natural flavor, soy flour), icing (powdered sugar [sugar, cornstarch], unsalted butter, ream cheese [pasteurized cultured milk and cream, whey, salt, tara gum and guar gum], cornstarch, vanilla extract), topping (sugar, corn starch, palm oil & palm kernel oil, dextrin, soy lecithin, turmeric, annatto, & vegetable juices for color, confectioners glaze, carnauba wax).

Other products containing Palm Oil & Palm Kernel Oil

Palm Oil & Palm Kernel Oil is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream

Neighbours outside Sweet Sam's Baking Company with screening scores in the same high band as Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sweet Sam's Baking Company; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Sweet Sam's, Cupcake, Vanilla, Buttercream has a longer ingredient list than 93% 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 0833282008125: 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.