red velvet cake
red velvet cake by Kroger has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for red velvet cake have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where red velvet cake sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin d 0.3mcg 2% calcium 70mg 6% boflavin, folic acid), eggs, soybean oil, water. contains 2% or less of: cocoa powder processed with alkali, modified corn starch, whey, distilled monoglycerides, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), vital wheat gluten, salt, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium acetate, guar gum, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, soy flour, red 40, blue 1. icing also contains: maltodextrin, palm vegetable shortening (interesterified soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil), corn soup, calcium carbonate, agar, sorbitan monostearate, caramel color, lemon oil, mono-and diglycerides. contains: wheat, eggs, milk, soy. may contain: coconut, pecan, pistachio, walnut.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for red velvet 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: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110195838
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does red velvet cake's safety score compare to other products?
red velvet cake scores 3.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. red velvet cake's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, which is 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.