Safe

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack

by Tesco

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5052320551446 · Tesco · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5052320551446 · Serving size 1 serving (49 g)

The verdict

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack by Tesco scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron. 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 44 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

20551446 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Trisodium Citrate PHOTO-FINISH Simply Animals Original · ±0 BOOK-OFF …551446 · July 2026

9 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Trisodium Citrate). Source sheet 20551446 · 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: Simply Animals Original Crackers · Nearest score peer is Simply Animals Original Crackers 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.

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. Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tar…100/1002. Simply Animals Original Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Simply Animals Original C…100/1003. Chocorooms: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocorooms100/1004. Chocorooms, Milk & Dark Combination With Crispy Cracker: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocorooms, Milk & Dark C…100/1005. Sweet & Crispy Chocorooms: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet & Crispy Chocorooms100/100
High-band neighbours for Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack (100/100) outside Tesco.
Chart values as text

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

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack
100/100
Simply Animals Original Crackers
100/100
Chocorooms
100/100
Chocorooms, Milk & Dark Combination With Crispy Cracker
100/100
Sweet & Crispy Chocorooms
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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
Wheat Flour
2
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
3
Iron
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Thiamin
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Palm Oil
8
Plum And Raspberry Jam
9
Glucose Syrup
10
Plum Concentrate
11
Water
12
Raspberry Concentrate
13
Acidity Regulators
14
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
15
Trisodium Citrate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
GRAS
16
Colour
17
Anthocyanins
18
Gelling Agent
19
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
20
Flavouring
21
Rapeseed Oil
22
Glacé Cherry Half
23
Cherry
24
Glucose-fructose Syrup
25
Fruit And Vegetable Concentrates
26
Apple
27
Blackcurrant
28
Radish
29
Acidity Regulator
30
Preservative
31
Sulphur Dioxide
32
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
33
Humectant
34
Glycerol
35
Pasteurised Egg
36
Pasteurised Egg White
37
Emulsifiers
38
Mono - And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
39
Sucrose Esters Of Fatty Acids
40
Raising Agents
41
Disodium Diphosphate
42
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
43
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
44
Cornflour

Full Ingredient List

Wheat Flour [_Wheat_ Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin]. Sugar, Palm Oil, Plum and Raspberry Jam (8%) [Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Plum Concentrate, Water, Raspberry Concentrate, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Trisodium Citrate), Colour (Anthocyanins), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Flavouring], Water, Glucose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Glacé Cherry Half (4%) [Cherry, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Apple, Blackcurrant, Radish), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (_Sulphur Dioxide_)], Invert Sugar Syrup, Humectant (Glycerol), Pasteurised _Egg_, Pasteurised _Egg_ White, Emulsifiers (Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids), Flavouring, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Rice Starch, Cornflour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid).

Other products containing Glacé Cherry Half

Glacé Cherry Half is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes Sweet pies Fruit tarts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack

Neighbours outside Tesco with screening scores in the same high band as Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tesco; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Tesco Cherry Bakewell Tarts 6 Pack has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Snacks 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 5052320551446: 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.