Classic cheesecake
Classic cheesecake by Sara Lee 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
Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Classic cheesecake, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Classic cheesecake 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
Cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), sour cream topping (skim milk, cream, nonfat dry milk, modified corn and tapioca starch, gums [carob bean, xanthan], carrageenan, potassium chloride, culture), sugar, bakers cheese (cultured skim milk, enzymes), enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, eggs, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, contains 2% or less: whole wheat flour, skim milk, modified corn starch, corn syrup, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), corn starch, salt, lactose, natural and artificial flavors, cinnamon, molasses, milk protein concentrate, gums (xanthan, guar), citric acid, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, sodium caseinate, carrageenan, konjac flour, agar, dextrose.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Classic cheesecake: 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
- Sara Lee
- Barcode
- 0032100020114
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Classic cheesecake rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Classic cheesecake sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Classic cheesecake's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Classic cheesecake's 4/5 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.