Kroger, white peppermint cake
Kroger, white peppermint cake has 11 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.4 out of 5, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.72 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: Kroger, white peppermint cake
Kroger, white peppermint cake is tracked in PlainIngredients with 11 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.4 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, 2 ingredients are currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 4 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
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Where Kroger, white peppermint cake sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.4 Top 91% higher than 9% 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
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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
Cake-sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, egg whites, modified corn starch. contains 2% or less of nonfat milk, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), vital wheat gluten, sorbitan monostearate, mono - & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, artificial & natural flavors, soy lecithin, white icing - sugar, vegetable shortening (interesterified soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), corn syrup, water. contains less than 2% of salt, citric acid, cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, titanium dioxide (for color), potassium sorbate (preservative). chocolate icing also contains-cocoa processed with alkali, caramel color, polysorbate 80. colored icing also contains - shortening [palm oil, canola and/or soybean oil, mono and diglycerides,
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Kroger, white peppermint cake: 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: 3.4/5.
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Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 11.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0011110653482
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Kroger, white peppermint cake's safety score compare to other products?
Kroger, white peppermint cake scores 3.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.4/5 average places Kroger, white peppermint cake in the Mixed Evidence tier.
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