Mini Apple Danish
Mini Apple Danish by Pillsbury has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- 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
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 Mini Apple Danish, 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 Mini Apple Danish sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
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
Danish Mix [Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Dextrose, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Salt, Mono & Diglycerides, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Whey, Soy Flour, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Cornstarch, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellows 5 & 6, Eggs, Enzymes], Apple Filling [Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Evaporated Apples (Preserve With Sodium Sulfite), Corn Syrup, Modified Cornstarch, Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulfite), Citric Acid, Salt, Natural Flavor, Spices, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Agar, Sodium Citrate], Margarine [Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (A Preservative), Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene (Color), Vitamin A Palmitate, Whey], Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Palm Oil, Sugar, Eggs, Yeast, Lemon Flavored Emulsion [Water, Propylene
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mini Apple Danish: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Pillsbury
- Barcode
- 0018000513482
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Mini Apple Danish rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mini Apple Danish's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Mini Apple Danish?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mini Apple Danish's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, 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.