Safe

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes

by Kuze Fuku & Sons

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850050960348 · Kuze Fuku & Sons · Crêpes and galettes. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850050960348 · Serving size 1 bag (30 g)

The verdict

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes by Kuze Fuku & Sons scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Custard, Water, Palm Oil. 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 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

50960348 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Rum PHOTO-FINISH Teething Wafers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …960348 · July 2026

11 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Rum). Source sheet 50960348 · 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: Teething Wafers · Nearest score peer is Teething Wafers 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes100/1002. Teething Wafers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Teething Wafers100/1003. Jam: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jam100/1004. Superfood Brownie: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Superfood Brownie100/1005. SpaghettiOs Meatballs A to Z's: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. SpaghettiOs Meatballs A t…100/100
High-band neighbours for Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes (100/100) outside Kuze Fuku & Sons.
Chart values as text

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

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes
100/100
Teething Wafers
100/100
Jam
100/100
Superfood Brownie
100/100
SpaghettiOs Meatballs A to Z's
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 62 products we've scored in the Crêpes and galettes category, the average safety score is 100/100. Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes scores exactly at that category average (100/100 vs. 100/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Crêpes and galettes products

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 49 products we track

4–6: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3 products (6%). Below this entry. 14–16: 5 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6 products (12%). Below this entry. 18–20: 7 products (14%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4 products (8%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 2 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 2 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. This product 4 42 every published Crêpes and galettes 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

49 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

4–6
1 products (2%)
6–8
1 products (2%)
8–10
2 products (4%)
10–12
4 products (8%)
12–14
3 products (6%)
14–16
5 products (10%)
16–18
6 products (12%)
18–20
7 products (14%)
20–22
4 products (8%)
22–24
3 products (6%)
24–26
1 products (2%)
26–28
1 products (2%)
28–30
2 products (4%)
30–32
2 products (4%)
32–34
2 products (4%)
34–36
1 products (2%)
36–38
1 products (2%)
38–40
1 products (2%)
40 and above
2 products (4%)

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 49 Crêpes and galettes 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
Custard
2
Water
3
Palm Oil
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Reduced Starch Syrup
6
potato and sweet potato
7
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Skimmed Milk Powder
9
Food Starch - Modified
10
Whey Protein
11
Glycine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Artificial Flavors
13
Egg White Powder
14
Wheat Flour
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Thickeners
17
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
18
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
19
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
20
B-carotene
21
Eggs
22
Sugar Blend
23
Trehalose
24
Shortening
25
Canola Oil
26
Emulsifier
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Tocopherol
29
Emulsifiers
30
Sucrose Fatty Acid Ester
31
Propylene Glycol Fatty Acid Ester
32
Sorbitan Fatty Acid Ester
33
Rum
Listed
34
Artificial Flavor
35
Honey
36
Baking Powder
37
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
38
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
39
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
40
Monocalcium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

CUSTARD (WATER, PALM OIL, SUGAR, REDUCED STARCH SYRUP {CORN, POTATO AND SWEET POTATO}, SORBITOL, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, WHEY PROTEIN, GLYCINE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, EGG WHITE POWDER, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, THICKENERS {CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, GELLAN GUM}, CITRIC ACID, B-CAROTENE {COLOR}), EGGS, WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR BLEND (SUGAR, SORBITOL), TREHALOSE, SHORTENING (CANOLA OIL, EMULSIFIER {GLYCEROL FATTY ACID ESTER, SOY LECITHIN}, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, TOCOPHEROL {ANTIOXIDANT}), SORBITOL, CANOLA OIL, PROCESSED OIL (SORBITOL, CANOLA OIL, EMULSIFIERS {GLYCEROL FATTY ACID ESTER, SUCROSE FATTY ACID ESTER, PROPYLENE GLYCOL FATTY ACID ESTER, SORBITAN FATTY ACID ESTER, SOY LECITHIN}, WATER, RUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, B-CAROTENE {COLOR}), HONEY, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE).

Categories

Crêpes and galettes Pancakes Custard-filling Japanese-snack Taiyaki

High-score cross-brand comparables for Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes

Neighbours outside Kuze Fuku & Sons with screening scores in the same high band as Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kuze Fuku & Sons; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Taiyaki Japanese Pancakes has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Crêpes and galettes 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 0850050960348: 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.