Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple

Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple by Little Debbie, Mckee Foods Corporation has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 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 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Biscuits

How This Score Is Built

Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple 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). 4 of its 4 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 Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
2
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

Corn syrup, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), sugar, water, palm and soybean oils with tbhq and citric acid to protect flavor, whole grain rolled oats, dried apples, molasses, raisin paste. contains 2% or less of each of the following: soy flour, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate), whey (milk), soy lecithin, salt, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, corn starch, cinnamon, malic acid, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1, sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), eggs, mono - and diglycerides, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, modified corn starch, egg whites.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0024300044953
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple's 3.8/5 average puts it in the lower 84%, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Caramel apple oatmeal creme pies sandwich cookies, caramel apple's 3.8/5 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.