Chocolate Glazed Donuts
Chocolate Glazed Donuts by Cub has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.6 out of 5, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Desserts / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes / Chocolate soft cake
How This Score Is Built
Chocolate Glazed Donuts 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). 9 of its 9 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 Chocolate Glazed Donuts sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.6 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
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
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, DEXTROSE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOR), EGG YOLKS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GLUCONO DELTA-LACTONE, GUAR GUM, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE), MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, NONFAT MILK, PALM OIL, SALT, SODIUM DIACETATE, SOUR CREAM SOLIDS (CULTURED SOUR CREAM, MALTODEXTRIN, CULTURED BUTTERMILK, CULTURED NONFAT MILK, WHEY, LACTIC ACID), SOY LECITHIN, WATER, CORNSTARCH, CAROB BEAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SULFITES, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, AGAR-AGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chocolate Glazed Donuts: 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: 4.6/5.
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- Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count Δ 0.0 pts · General Mills 4.6/59 additives
- Bubble Fruit Gel Δ 0.0 pts · Del Monte 4.6/59 additives
- Chewy Δ 0.0 pts · Tic Tac 4.6/59 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Cub
- Barcode
- 0041144198741
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Chocolate Glazed Donuts's safety score compare to other products?
Chocolate Glazed Donuts scores 4.6 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Chocolate Glazed Donuts's 4.6/5 score be read?
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 4.6/5 average places Chocolate Glazed Donuts in the Generally Safe 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.