Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes
Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes by Mckee Foods Corporation has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.18 points above 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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes 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 Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Water, sugar, enriched belached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), palm and soybean oils with tbhq and citric acid to protect flavor, dextrose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, coca processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of each of the following: soy flour, palm and palm kernel oil, whey, maltodextrin, corn starch, baking soda, salt, palm oil, chocolate, soybean oil, corn syrup solids, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, agar, locust bean gum, sodium hexametaphosphate, modified corn starch, egg whites, natural and artificial flavors, potassium sorbate and sorbic acid (to preserve flavor), buttermilk, calcium and sodium caseinate, mono - and diglycerides, artificial color, soy lecithin, eggs.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Mckee Foods Corporation
- Barcode
- 0024300016080
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes's 4.3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Drake's, Yankee Doodles, Iced Cupcakes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.