Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate

Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate: 4/5 ingredient safety

Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate by Little Debbie, Mckee Foods Corporation has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with 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 in line with 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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate 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 Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), high fructose corn syrup, water, palm oil, sugar. contains 2% or less of each of the following: cocoa, modified corn starch, salt, corn starch, hydrogenated soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, preservatives (sodium propionate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate), corn syrup, soybean oil, dextrose, wheat flour, malted barley flour, glucono delta lactone, sodium stearoyl lactylate, chocolate, xanthan gum, artificial flavors, calcium carbonate, sodium alginate, corn syrup solids, citric acid, agar, artificial colors (includes yellow 5, yellow 6), maltodextrin, wheat starch, mono-and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, soy lecithin, sorbitan monostearate, baking soda.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate: 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
0024300837333
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate above or below average on ingredient safety?

Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 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 4/5 average places Little debbie, golden flaky crust pie, chocolate 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.