Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake
Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake by Cafe Valley Inc has 11 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- 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
Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake 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). 11 of its 11 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 Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
- Sorbitan Monostearate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Ingredient statement: sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole eggs, liquid soybean oil, water, modified corn starch, whey (milk), contains 2% or less of each: salt, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, lemon peel, dextrose, agar, locust bean gum, natural and artificial flavors, mono and diglycerides, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), vital wheat gluten, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sorbitan monostearate, sodium benzoate, sodium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), calcium acetate, nonfat milk, xanthan gum, guar gum, polysorbate 60, citric acid, pectin, yellow #5, artificial color.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake: 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: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 11.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cafe Valley Inc
- Barcode
- 0040697640127
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake above or below average on ingredient safety?
Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake scores 4.1 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 58% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cafe Valley Bakery, Lemon Cake's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.