Tastykake Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip

Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip by Tastykake has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 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 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Pastries

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip sits nationally

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

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 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

Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Water, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Dextrose, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Vanilla Extract, Whey (Milk)), Soybean Oil, Nonfat Milk, Eggs, Egg Yolks, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Whey (Milk) And Sour Cream (Cream, Cultures And Lactic Acid) Solids, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Modified Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin, Mono - And Diglycerides, Salt, Butter (Made From Milk), Natural And Artificial Flavor (Contains Milk And Egg Ingredients), Sorbitan Monostearate, Xanthan Gum, Polysorbate 60, Calcium Sulfate, Spices, Dextrose, Enzymes, Nutmeg, Annatto (Color), Polysorbate 80, Sorbic Acid And Sodium Propionate (To Retard Spoilage).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip: 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
0025600086483
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.5/5 average places Chocolate Chip Muffin, Chocolate Chip in the Mixed Evidence 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.