Avoid

Cheesecake Cups

by Les Desserts

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0853264005126 · Les Desserts · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0853264005126 · Serving size 1 CHEESECAKE (84 g)

The verdict

Cheesecake Cups by Les Desserts scores 30/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-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.

30/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 57 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

23/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

30/100

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.

64005126 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesecake Cups label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 30/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 60 PHOTO-FINISH Baverian creme · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005126 · July 2026

15 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 64005126 · 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: Baverian creme · Nearest score peer is Baverian creme 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Cheesecake Cups: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesecake Cups30/1002. Baverian creme: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baverian creme30/1003. Sugarfree gum: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugarfree gum30/1004. Mentos, Sugarfree Gum, Spearmint: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mentos, Sugarfree Gum, Sp…30/1005. Pure white sugarfree chewing gum with xylitol: 30/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pure white sugarfree chew…30/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheesecake Cups (30/100 on 57 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheesecake Cups
30/100
Baverian creme
30/100
Sugarfree gum
30/100
Mentos, Sugarfree Gum, Spearmint
30/100
Pure white sugarfree chewing gum with xylitol
30/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cheesecake Cups scores 62.9 points below that category average (30/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Cheesecake Cups lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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 30/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 57 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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Lemon Filling
11
Water
12
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
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
14
Modified Food Starch
15
Palm Oil
16
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
17
Sodium Citrate
18
Lemon Pulp
19
Lemon Juice Concentrate
20
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
21
As Preservatives
22
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
23
Lemon Oil
24
Mono & Diglycerides
25
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
27
Color
28
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
29
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Honey Graham Crumbs
32
Enriched Flour
33
Wheat Flour
34
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Reduced Iron
36
Thiamin Mononitrate
37
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Whole Wheat Flour
40
Vegetable Oil
41
Soybean
42
Palm
43
And Palm Kernel Oil With Tbhq For Freshness
44
Baking Soda
45
Honey
46
Soy Lecithin
47
Eggs
48
Milk
49
Cream
50
Butter
51
Pasteurized Cream
52
Flavorings
53
Bleached Enriched Flour
54
Iron
55
Natural Flavor
56
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
57
Disodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, stabilizers [carob bean and/or xanthan and/or guar gums]), sugar, lemon filling (water, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, sugar, modified food starch, palm oil, citric acid, sodium citrate, lemon pulp, lemon juice concentrate, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [as preservatives], salt, gellan gum, lemon oil, mono & diglycerides, propylene glycol, titanium dioxide [color], polysorbate 60, yellow 5, yellow 6), honey graham crumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], high fructose corn syrup, whole wheat flour, vegetable oil [soybean, palm, palm kernel oil with tbhq for freshness], contains 2% or less of: baking soda, salt, honey, soy lecithin), eggs, milk, cream, butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings), bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), natural flavor, carrageenan, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate.

Other products containing Honey Graham Crumbs

Honey Graham Crumbs is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesecake Cups

Neighbours outside Les Desserts in the same lower screening band as Cheesecake Cups (30/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Les Desserts; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesecake Cups's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
  • Compare Cheesecake Cups'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 0853264005126: 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.