Spartan NOVA 4

Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow

Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow: 4/5 ingredient safety

Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow by Spartan has 2 tracked ingredients, 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

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 Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

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 (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, vegetable shortening ([contains one or more of the following: palm oil and/or soybean oil] with emulsifier [propylene glycol mono-and diesters, mono-and diglycerides, soy lecithin] with preservative [bht, citric acid]), leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of: dextrose, wheat starch, salt, cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, color (yellow 5, yellow 6).

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213164007
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Deluxe Moist Cake Mix, Yellow'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.