Dierberg's Markets Inc. Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Kenzie's Kakes

Kenzie's Kakes: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Kenzie's Kakes by Dierberg's Markets Inc. has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above 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

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 Kenzie's Kakes, 6 of its 6 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 Kenzie's Kakes sits nationally

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

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
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

Sugar, enriched wheat flour bleached (flour, niacin, reduced iron, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole eggs, soybean oil, water, food starch - modified, dry whey, leavening, (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), salt, vital wheat gluten, propylene glycol, mono & diesters of fatty acid, mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, corn starch, tricalcium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, alpha tocopherol as preservative, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner) soy flour, cinnamon chips (sugar, palm kernel oil, cinnamon, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin (an emulsifier)) topping: struesel (wheat, flour, margarine (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water and cottonseed oil, salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, colored with annatto, calcium disodium edta added as a preservative, vitamin a palmitate added.), vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, and cottonseed oil with tbhq and citric acid add

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Kenzie's Kakes: 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
0023933673738
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Kenzie's Kakes above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Kenzie's Kakes sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Kenzie's Kakes's 4.3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Kenzie's Kakes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.