Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate
Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate by New Desserts Inc. has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.38 points above 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
Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli 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). 2 of its 2 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 Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Brown sugar, powdered sugar (sugar, corn starch), unbleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), ghirardelli unsweetened chocolate, water, sour cream (cultured pasteurized cream, milk, nonfat milk, enzyme), whole eggs, milk, unsalted butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavors, lactic acid, starter distillated, canola oil, vanilla (water, alcohol 35%, vanilla bean extractives), baking soda, salt, soy lecithin (emulsifier), guar gum, xanthan gum.
Product Details
- Brand
- New Desserts Inc.
- Barcode
- 0013609021116
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate's safety score compare to other products?
Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Just Desserts, Cupcake, Ghirardelli Chocolate's 4.5/5 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.