Cinnamon roll

Cinnamon roll: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Cinnamon roll by Little Debbie, Mckee Foods Corporation has 9 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. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes

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. 9 of 9 ingredients tracked for Cinnamon roll 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 Cinnamon roll 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 9 tracked ingredients
9
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
8
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 flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), sugar, margarine (palm oil, soybean oil, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate [preservative], citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene [added as color], vitamin d3, whey), water, eggs, high fructose corn syrup, egg whites. contains 2% or less of each of the following: yeast, corn syrup, cinnamon, palm oil, mono - and diglycerides, salt, tapioca dextrin, calcium propionate (preservative), calcium carbonate, cocoa processed with alkali, sodium stearoyl lactylate, molasses, potassium sorbate (preservative), enzymes, agar, whey, calcium sulfate, dextrose, fumaric acid, natural and artificial flavor, soy lecithin, sodium hexametaphosphate, guar gum, nonfat dry milk, titanium dioxide, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), ascorbic acid.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cinnamon roll: 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
0024300865671
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Cinnamon roll's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.9/5, Cinnamon roll sits behind 81% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying 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 Cinnamon roll?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cinnamon roll's 3.9/5 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.