Cake

Cake: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Cake by Cake Boss, Dawn Food Products Inc. has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below 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 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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Product Insight: Cake

Cake by Cake Boss, Dawn Food Products Inc. is tracked in PlainIngredients with 10 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.9 out of 5, a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), and Its Nutri-Score grade is E. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 7 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Sugar, eggs, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, palm oil, canola oil, contains 2% or less of: agar-agar, blue 1, carrageenan, cellulose gel, cellulose gum, citric acid, cocoa processed with alkali, corn syrup, cornstarch, egg whites, egg yolks, food starch-modified, glycerin, glyceryl-lacto esters of fatty acids, guar gum, high oleic sunflower and/or canola oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, invert sugar, lactic acid, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), mono - and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, nonfat milk, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 80, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, sodium propionate, sorbic acid), propylene glycol, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fatty acids, red 3, red 40, salt, soy flour, soy lecithin, titanium dioxide (color), unsweetened chocolate, xanthan gum, yellow 5, yellow 6, yellow corn flour.

Product Details

Barcode
0029519238360
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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