Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla
Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla by Colony Brands Inc. has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.8 out of 5, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.68 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
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 Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla, 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 Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.8 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Sugar, eggs, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, water, bleached wheat flour, palm oil, reduced mineral whey, milk, nonfat milk derived solids, invert sugar, butter, margarine (palm oil, water, salt, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural butter flavor, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene (for color)), high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, apricots, cornstarch, whey, with soy lecithin, polysorbate 60 and sorbitan monostearate (emulsifiers), non-hydrogenated palm kernel oil, orange pulp, with potassium sorbate, sulfur dioxide and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, natural flavor, apricot puree, artificial color including yellow #6, yellow #5 lake, red #40 lake, yellow #6 lake and blue #1 lake, salt, artificial flavor, modified cornstarch, citric acid, canola oil, pectin, soybean oil, coconut oil, malic acid, xanthan and guar gums, non-hydrogenated coconut oil, medium chain triglycerides.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla: 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: 4.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Colony Brands Inc.
- Barcode
- 0023204382536
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.8/5, Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla sits ahead of 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla's 4.8/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Swiss Colony Retail, Handcrafted Gourmet Layer Cakes, Vanilla's mapped ingredients average out to 4.8/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.