Mini Donuts
Mini Donuts by Tastykake has 3 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 Mini Donuts, 3 of its 3 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 Donuts 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
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
Unbleached and bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar coating (dextrose, modified cornstarch, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed oil], titanium dioxide (color), hydrogenated cottonseed oil, artificial flavor, corn starch, calcium propionate [preservative]), water, vegetable oils (palm oil and soybean oil), sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: soy flour, egg yolks, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), nonfat milk solids, corn syrup solids, salt, glycerine, bleached wheat flour, wheat starch, dextrose, natural and artificial flavors, soy lecithin, distilled monoglycerides, guar gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, enzymes, xanthan gum, fd&c yellow #6, propylene glycol monoester, tapioca dextrin, corn dextrin, karaya gum, colored with turmeric and annatto, preserved with sodium propionate, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate (to re
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mini Donuts: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Tastykake
- Barcode
- 0025600091340
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mini Donuts above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mini Donuts's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mini Donuts's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.