Chocolate Kandy Kakes
Chocolate Kandy Kakes by Tastykake has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Chocolate Kandy Kakes 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 Kandy Kakes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
SUGAR, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, AND/OR HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), COCOA, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE-B1, RIBOFLAVIN-B2, FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, EGGS, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF: CORN SYRUP, CORNSTARCH, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SKIM MILK, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM SULFATE), FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, WHEY (MILK), COCONUT OIL, CORN FLOUR, SORBIC ACID (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, NUTMEG, CINNAMON, PEANUTS.
Product Details
- Brand
- Tastykake
- Barcode
- 0025600002254
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Chocolate Kandy Kakes rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chocolate Kandy Kakes's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Chocolate Kandy Kakes's 5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chocolate Kandy Kakes's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.