Tastykake Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Kandy bar kakes

Kandy bar kakes: 3/5 ingredient safety

Kandy bar kakes by Tastykake has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

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

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes

Product Insight: Kandy bar kakes

Kandy bar kakes by Tastykake is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 3 out of 5, a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), and Its Nutri-Score grade is E. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 0 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
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

Confectionery cocoa coating (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, whey powder [milk], cocoa powder, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], salt and vanillin [an artificial flavoring]), peanut butter (peanuts, salt, hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed oil, canola oil, and/or soybean oil]), corn syrup, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, eggs, whey (milk), water, cocoa (natural and processed with alkali), soybean oil, contains 2% or less of each of the following:, peanut colored confectionery coating (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake, salt, and artificial flavoring added), dextrose, partially defatted peanut flour, corn starch, modified corn starch, glycerine, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), salt, nonfat milk, natural and artificial flavors,

Product Details

Barcode
0025600007303
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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