Caution

Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream

by TGI Friday's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0853284006042 · TGI Friday's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0853284006042 · Serving size 1 CAKE POP (31 g)

The verdict

Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream by TGI Friday's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour, Bleached 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 46 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

84006042 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Skinless Kielbasa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006042 · July 2026

16 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 84006042 · 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: Skinless Kielbasa · Nearest score peer is Skinless Kielbasa 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. Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tgi fridays, iced bite-si…85/1002. Skinless Kielbasa: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Skinless Kielbasa85/1003. Naturally Hardwood Smoked Sliced Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Naturally Hardwood Smoked…85/1004. Andouille Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Andouille Smoked Sausage85/1005. Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Smoked Sausage85/100
High-band neighbours for Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream (85/100) outside TGI Friday's.
Chart values as text

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

Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream
85/100
Skinless Kielbasa
85/100
Naturally Hardwood Smoked Sliced Bacon
85/100
Andouille Smoked Sausage
85/100
Smoked Sausage
85/100

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. Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 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

Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 46 (96th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Palm Kernel Oil
10
Palm Oil
11
Soybean Oil
12
Unbleached Enriched Flour
13
Wheat Flour
14
Organic Cocoa
15
Whey Powder
16
Nonfat Milk
17
High Oleic Canola Oil
18
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
19
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
20
Natural Flavor
21
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Baking Soda
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Canola Oil
25
Calcium Phosphate
26
Modified Food Starch
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Corn Starch
29
White Distilled Vinegar
30
Monoglycerides
31
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
32
Color
33
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
34
Mono - And Diglycerides
35
Artificial Flavor
36
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
37
Guar Gum
38
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
39
Natural Chocolate
40
Monocalcium Phosphate
41
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
42
Preservative
43
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
44
Bht Antioxidant
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Turmeric

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm kernel oil, palm oil, soybean oil, unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), whey powder, nonfat milk, high oleic canola oil, corn syrup, invert sugar, natural flavor, high fructose corn syrup, baking soda, salt, canola oil, calcium phosphate, modified food starch, soy lecithin, corn starch, white distilled vinegar, monoglycerides, titanium dioxide (color), xanthan gum, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavor, maltodextrin, guar gum, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, chocolate, monocalcium phosphate, citric acid (preservative), polysorbate 60, bht antioxidant, citric acid, annatto (color), turmeric (color).

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream

Neighbours outside TGI Friday's with screening scores in the same high band as Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within TGI Friday's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Tgi fridays, iced bite-size cake pops, cookies 'n cream, cookies 'n cream's 1 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 0853284006042: 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.