Classic white cake mix
Classic white cake mix by Meijer has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Classic white cake mix, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Classic white cake mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 bleached flour (bleached flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (contains one or more of the following: soybean oil, cottonseed oil) with emulsifier (propylene glycol monoesters, mono - and diglycerides, lecithin), dextrose, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), food starch-modified, salt, cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, preservative (bht, citric acid).
Product Details
- Brand
- Meijer
- Barcode
- 0041250660323
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Meijer
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Frequently asked questions
How does Classic white cake mix's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Classic white cake mix sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Classic white cake mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Classic white cake mix's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.