Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes
Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes by Hostess has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.22 points below 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
Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 10 of its 10 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - Safety score: 2/5
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
SUGAR, WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE OR REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, TALLOW, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, EGG, COCOA, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, EGG WHITE, NONFAT DRY MILK, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SALT, HYDROGENATED TALLOW, INULIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CALCIUM SULFATE, SORBIC ACID AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), WHEY, COTTONSEED OIL, GLYCERIN, POLYSORBATE 60, AGAR, CELLULOSE GUM, ENZYMES, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, GUAR GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, FUMARIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Hostess S'Mores 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: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 10.
Product Details
- Brand
- Hostess
- Barcode
- 0008810911485
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Wal-Mart
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Frequently asked questions
How does Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes's safety score compare to other products?
Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.9/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Hostess S'Mores Cupcakes's 3.9/5 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.