Frosted Mini Donuts
Frosted Mini Donuts by Tastykake has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- 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 Frosted Mini Donuts, 7 of its 7 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 Frosted Mini Donuts sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
CONFECTIONERY COATING (SUGAR, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCOA POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), ENRICHED BLEACHED AND UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID,), PALM OIL, SUGAR, WATER, WHEY (MILK), NONFAT MILK, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, SOY FLOUR, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE), EGG YOLKS, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, WHEAT STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, WHEAT GLUTEN, CORN DEXTRIN, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO - AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, SODIUM ALGINATE, KARAYA GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES, XANTHAN GUM, COLORED WITH TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, ASCORBIC ACID, PRESERVED WITH SORBIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM PROPIONATE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Frosted Mini Donuts: 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: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Tastykake
- Barcode
- 0025600007877
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Frosted Mini Donuts's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.1/5, Frosted Mini Donuts sits ahead of 58% 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 4.1/5 rating on Frosted Mini Donuts?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Frosted Mini Donuts's 4.1/5 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.