Birthday Kake Cupkakes
Birthday Kake Cupkakes by Tastykake 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. Its Nutri-Score is E, 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
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How This Score Is Built
Birthday Kake Cupkakes 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). 7 of its 7 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 Birthday Kake Cupkakes 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 MONONITRTAE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, AND HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL), WATER, EGG WHITES, COLOR BITS (SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, WHEAT STARCH, CELLULOSE GUM, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE), EGGS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LIQUID SUCROSE, CORN SYRUP, COCOA, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), M ONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BUTTER (MADE FROM MILK), SOY LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS (CONTAINS MILK), ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, WHEY (MILK), XANTHAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, SPICES, MONOGLYCERIDES, AGAR, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, POLYSORBATE 80, CARAMEL COLOR, LACTIC ACID, PRESERVED WITH SODIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Birthday Kake Cupkakes: 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
- Tastykake
- Barcode
- 0025600086452
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Birthday Kake Cupkakes above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Birthday Kake Cupkakes sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.7/5 rating on Birthday Kake Cupkakes?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Birthday Kake Cupkakes's 3.7/5 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.