1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders
1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders by Kroger has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes
How This Score Is Built
1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Cake - sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, egg whites, modified corn starch, cocoa processed with alkali. contains 2% or less of nonfat milk, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), vital wheat gluten, emulsifiers ( sorbitan monostearate, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin), artificial and natural flavors, b-carotene ( for color), dextrose, maltodextrin, gum acacia, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, red 40 lake, blue 1 lake, yellow 5 lake. white icing also contains vegetable shortening ( interesterified soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of citric acid, corn starch, alpha tocopherol, titanium dioxide ( for color), potassium sorbate ( preservative), colored icing may also contain. contains 2%
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110193421
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
How does 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. 1/2 Marble Grad Cake With Red Borders's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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