Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow
Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow by Cake Boss has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.22 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
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 Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow, 7 of its 7 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 Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - 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 wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, food starch-modified, dry egg whites, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate), nonfat dry milk, soybean oil, propylene glycol mono & diesters of fatty acids, mono & diglycerides, sodium caseinate, salt, soy lecithin, sorbitan monostearate, vital wheat gluten, prophylene glycol monostearate, xanthan gum, monoglycerides, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, polysorbate 60, corn starch, sorbic acid and sodium benzoate (as preservatives), sodium stearoyl lactylate, titanium dioxide (as color), lactic acid, agar, glycerin, corn oil, whole egg, propylene glycol, beta carotene as color, yellow 5, yellow 6, citric acid, vitamin e, alpha tocopherols as preservative.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow: 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: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Cake Boss
- Barcode
- 0029519217624
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow above or below average on ingredient safety?
Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cake boss, premium cake mix, primo yellow's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, 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.