Topco Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Bake shop golden brown flaky butter pecan danish

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Product Insight: Bake shop golden brown flaky butter pecan danish

Bake shop golden brown flaky butter pecan danish by Topco is tracked in PlainIngredients with 9 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is E, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 7 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.

Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.

Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 9 tracked ingredients
9
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Water, wheat flour, sugar, margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, salt, mono & diglycerides, natural flavors, vitamin a palmitate), butter (milk [colored with annatto]), bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified food starch, dextrose, cellulose gum, eggs leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), artificial flavor, propylene glycol, mono - & diesters of fatty acids, sodium stearoyl lactylate, soy flour, wheat gluten, whey, xanthan gum, shortening (hydrogenated soybean oil), pecans, yeast, corn syrup solids, corn flour, corn starch, vegetable gum, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, beta carotene (color), guar gum, silicon dioxide (flow aid), calcium sulfate, potato flour, glycerin, modified corn starch, agar, egg whites sodium propionate (preservative) shortening (hydrogenated cottonseed oil), cultured wheat starch, tricalcium phosphate (to prevent caking), turmeric (color), mixed tocopherols (vitamin

Data Sources

  • Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
  • FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
  • EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008

Product Details

Brand
Topco
Barcode
0011225001246
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Data sourced from official EWG, FDA GRAS, and ingredient toxicology databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainIngredients Editorial

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