Safe

Cake bars caramel

by Cadbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5000221104667 · Cadbury. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5000221104667 · Serving size 1 bar (25 g)

The verdict

Cake bars caramel by Cadbury scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Mass. 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 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
5000221104667
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

21104667 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cake bars caramel label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Invert Sugar Syrup PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate Bar Dark · ±0 BOOK-OFF …104667 · July 2026

8 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar Syrup). Source sheet 21104667 · 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: Chocolate Bar Dark 86% 1X3.52 Oz · Nearest score peer is Chocolate Bar Dark 86% 1X3.52 Oz 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.

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. Cake bars caramel: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cake bars caramel100/1002. Chocolate Bar Dark 86% 1X3.52 Oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate Bar Dark 86% 1X…100/1003. Milka chocolate bar white 1x3.520 oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Milka chocolate bar white…100/1004. Terry's chocolate ball milk chocolate orange 1x6.17 oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Terry's chocolate ball mi…100/1005. Milk Chocolate, Orange: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Milk Chocolate, Orange100/100
High-band neighbours for Cake bars caramel (100/100) outside Cadbury.
Chart values as text

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

Cake bars caramel
100/100
Chocolate Bar Dark 86% 1X3.52 Oz
100/100
Milka chocolate bar white 1x3.520 oz
100/100
Terry's chocolate ball milk chocolate orange 1x6.17 oz
100/100
Milk Chocolate, Orange
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cake bars caramel lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th 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

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cocoa Mass
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Dried Skimmed Milk
6
Milk Fat
7
Vegetable Fats
8
Palm
9
Shea
10
Sal
11
Mango In Varying Proportions
12
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
13
From Milk
14
Emulsifier
15
Soya Lecithin
16
Caramel Topping
17
Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk
18
Salted Butter
19
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
20
Glucose Syrup
21
Water
22
Humectant
23
Glycerol
24
Gelling Agents
25
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Preservative
28
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
29
Flavourings
30
Wheat Flour
31
With Added Calcium
32
Iron
33
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Thiamin
35
Whole Egg
36
Fat Reduced Cocoa
37
Soya Flour
38
Vegetable Oils
39
Rapeseed
40
Raising Agents
41
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
42
Milk Protein

Full Ingredient List

Milk Chocolate (34%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Dried Skimmed Milk, Milk Fat, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Shea, Sal, Mango in varying proportions), Dried Whey (from Milk), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)], Caramel Topping (28%) [Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Salted Butter, Sugar, Invert Sugar Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Water, Humectant (Glycerol), Gelling Agents (Pectin, E401), Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Flavourings], Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Glucose Syrup, Water, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Dried Whole Egg, Fat Reduced Cocoa, Dried Whey (from Milk), Soya Flour, Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Raising Agents (E450, Sodium Bicarbonate), Salt, Emulsifier (E471), Milk Protein

Other products containing Mango In Varying Proportions

Mango In Varying Proportions is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cake bars caramel

Neighbours outside Cadbury with screening scores in the same high band as Cake bars caramel (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cadbury; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cake bars caramel has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its published 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 5000221104667: 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.