Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow
Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow by Tastykake has 8 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
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. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow 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 Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow 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
- Sorbitan Monostearate - 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, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Nonfat Milk, Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, And Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil), Eggs, Egg Yolks, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Whey (Milk), Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Liquid Sucrose, Corn Starch, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Mono - And Diglycerides, Modified Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavors (Contains Milk And Egg Ingredients), Butter (Made From Milk), Xanthan Gum, Sorbitan Monostearate, Polysorbate 60, Calcium Sulfate, Spices, Monoglycerides, Agar, Fd&C Yellow #5 Aluminum Lake, Annatto (Color), Caramel Color, Dextrose, Polysorbate 80, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid (To Retard Spoilage), Topped With Candy Sprinkles (Sugar, Corn Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Cottonseed And/Or Soybean], Soy Lecithin, Dextrin, Confectioner'S Glaze, Natural And Arti
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow: 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.
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Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Tastykake
- Barcode
- 0025600002483
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow's safety score compare to other products?
Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow 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.
How should Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow's 3.9/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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