Concern

White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct

by Kirkland Signature

Open Food Facts label for barcode 19510491 · Kirkland Signature. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 19510491 · Serving size 1 cupcake (85 g)

The verdict

White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct by Kirkland Signature scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 83 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 83-component record, beginning with Sugar, Bleached Enriched Flour, 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
4
Many flagged · of 83 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
19510491
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

19510491 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 83 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Great Value Vanilla · ±0 BOOK-OFF …510491 · July 2026

18 of 83 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 19510491 · 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: Great Value Vanilla pudding · Nearest score peer is Great Value Vanilla pudding at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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. White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. White Cupcakes With Butte…60/1002. Great Value Vanilla pudding: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Great Value Vanilla puddi…60/1003. Electrolyte Drink Mix: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Electrolyte Drink Mix60/1004. Jalapeño Cheddar Summer Sausage: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jalapeño Cheddar Summer S…60/1005. Country Cheddar: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Country Cheddar60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct (60/100 on 83 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct
60/100
Great Value Vanilla pudding
60/100
Electrolyte Drink Mix
60/100
Jalapeño Cheddar Summer Sausage
60/100
Country Cheddar
60/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct lists 83 ingredients on its label

83 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 83 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 83 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Bleached Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Vit
5
B3
6
B1
7
B2
8
B9
9
Iron
10
Water
11
Fats
12
Oils
13
Shortening
14
Palm
15
Soybean Oils
16
Emulsifiers
17
Propylene Glycol Monoesters
18
Mono -
19
Diglycerides
20
Soy Lecithin
21
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
22
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
23
Distilled Monoglycerides
24
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
25
Organic Cocoa
26
Egg Whites
27
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
28
Egg Yolk
29
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
30
Corn Starch
31
Leavening
32
Baking Soda
33
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
34
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
35
Mono-calcium Phosphate
36
Dicalcium Phosphate
37
Nonfat Milk
38
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
39
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Artificial Flavors
42
Gums
43
Xanthan
44
Guar
45
Locust Bean
46
Fd
47
C Red#40
48
Calcium Acetate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
49
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
50
Preservative
51
Canola
52
Interesterified Soybean
53
Soybean
54
Fully Hydrogenated Cottonseed
55
Palm Kernel
56
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
57
Corn Starch
58
Rice Flour
59
Red#3
60
Red#40
61
Red#40 Lake
62
Blue#1
63
Blue#2 Lake
64
Yellow#5
65
Yellow#5 Lake
66
Yellow#6
67
Yellow#6 Lake
68
Gum Arabic
69
Cellulose Gum
70
Confectioners Glaze
71
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
72
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
73
Medium Chain Triglycerides
74
Sodium Citrate
75
Preservatives
76
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
77
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
78
Organic Sunflower
79
Hydroxyplated
80
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
81
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
82
Carnauba Wax
83
Artificial Color

Full Ingredient List

sugar, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, vit. (B3, B1, B2, B9, iron)), water, fats , oils (shortening, palm and/or soybean oils), emulsifiers (propylene glycol monoesters, mono - , diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 60, distilled monoglycerides, citric acid), cocoa (processed with alkali), egg whites, whey, egg yolk, dextrose, modified corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, mono-calcium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate), nonfat milk, salt, cellulose, caramel color, natural , artificial flavors, gums (xanthan, guar, locust bean), FD, C red#40, calcium acetate, potassium sorbate (preservative), sugar, oils , shortening (palm and/or canola, interesterified soybean, soybean, fully hydrogenated cottonseed, palm kernel, mono - , diglycerides), cocoa, dextrose, water, non-fat dry milk, corn starch, rice flour, salt, natural , artificial flavors, FD, C (red#3, red#40, red#40 lake, blue#1, blue#2 lake, yellow#5, yellow#5 lake, yellow#6, yellow#6 lake), caramel color, gum arabic, cellulose gum, confectioners glaze, carrageenan, modified corn starch, gellan gum, medium chain triglycerides, sodium citrate, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, TBHQ, citric acid), sunflower , soy lecithin (hydroxyplated), polysorbate 60, titanium dioxide, corn syrup, carnauba wax, artificial color

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct

Neighbours outside Kirkland Signature near White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kirkland Signature; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 83-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare White Cupcakes With Buttercream Icing 12ct'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 19510491: 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.