Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix
Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix by Pillsbury has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.38 points above 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 Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix, 4 of its 4 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 Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, candy bits (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, corn syrup, corn starch, soy lecithin, red 3, yellow 5, blue 1, carnauba wax), leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), wheat flour, contains 2% or less of: canola oil, salt, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavors (barley), cellulose, cellulose gum, dextrose, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, red 40, citric acid, bht.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix: 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: 4.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Pillsbury
- Barcode
- 0013300000106
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Funfetti Strawberry Cake & Cupcake Mix's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.