Mini Chocolate Cake Bites
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Product Insight: Mini Chocolate Cake Bites
Mini Chocolate Cake Bites by Pillsbury is tracked in PlainIngredients with 7 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is E, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 7 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
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 Mix (Sugar, Soybean Oil, Eggs, Enriched Flour Bleached [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Palm Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Modified Corn Starch, Whey Powder, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate], Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Caramel Color, Propylene Glycol Mono And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Mono And Diglycerides, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Corn Starch, Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Red 40, Ascorbic Acid, Soy Flour), Powdered Sugar, Water, Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup Solids, Maltodextrin, Semisweet Chocolate (Chocolate Liquor Processed With Alkali, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Natural And Artificial Flavors), Invert Sugar, Glycerin, Calcium Carbonate, Preserved With Potassium Sorbate, Sorbic Acid & Sodium Propionate, Calcium Sulfate, Agar, Lactic Acid, Natural Flavor, Color Added, Guar Gum, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Locust Bean Gum.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Pillsbury
- Barcode
- 0018000515332
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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