Fudge round

Fudge round: 3/5 ingredient safety

Fudge round by Little Debbie has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Fudge round 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 Fudge round sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

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 (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron thiamin mononitrate vitamin b1], riboflavin (vitamin b2], folic acid, sugar corn syrup, palm and soybean oils with tbhq and citric acid to protect flavor, dextrose, water, cocoa. contains 2% or less of each of the following: palm and palm kernel oil, whey (milk), baking soda, dried eggs, caramel color, corn starch, salt, natural and artificial flavors, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, polysorbate 80, soy lecithin, sorbic acid to preserve freshness), mono - and diglycerides, titanium dioxide (color), red 40, soy flour, dried egg whites, citric acid, soybean oil allergy information: contains wheat, milk, eggs, soy. may contain peanuts tree nuts. 80148 lds-100-16-55-e mckee foods, collegedale, tn 37315 ©2021-02022 contains a bioengineered food ingredient. ww oto www www67041 cotice avicon

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fudge round: 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
0024300808913
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Fudge round rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Fudge round's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Fudge round's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.