Betty Crocker Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut

Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut by Betty Crocker has 3 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

Cooking helpers / Toppings

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 Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut, 3 of its 3 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 Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

Sugar, Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Water, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Canola Oil. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Vegetable Oil (Palm And Palm Kernel), Salt, Maltodextrin, Distilled Monoglycerides, Color (Red 40 Lake, Yellow 5&6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40, Red 3, Blues 1&2 And Other Color Added), Polysorbate 60, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrin, Soy Lecithin, Confectioner'S Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid. Freshness Preserved By Potassium Sorbate.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut: 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
0016000487550
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut above or below average on ingredient safety?

Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut's 4.3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Frosting With Rainbow Sprinkles, Glazed Donut's 4.3/5 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.