Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate
Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate by Meijer has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.3 out of 5, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.82 points below 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
Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate 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). 9 of its 9 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 Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.3 Top 93% higher than 7% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - 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
Chocolate Dessert Cake: Sugar, Water, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Eggs, Soybean Oil, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Distilled Monoglycerides, Polysorbate 60, Citric Acid), Modified Food Starch, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Glycerin, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Invert Sugar, Egg Whites, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Oleyl Lactylic Acid, Whey, Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Mono And Diglycerides, Datem, Soy Lecithin, Enzymes, Guar Gum, Carboxymethylcellulose, Annatto Extract (Color), Turmeric (Color), Sorbitan Monostearate, Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Propionate), Beta Carotene (Color), Antioxidants (Tocopherols, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid), Polysorbate 60, Dextrose, Titanium Dioxide
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate: 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: 3.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Meijer
- Barcode
- 0041250507048
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate's 3.3/5 average puts it in the lower 93%, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate's 3.3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Chocolate 8 Single Layer Dessert Cake, Chocolate's mapped ingredients average out to 3.3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.