Mini Muffins - Honey Bun
Mini Muffins - Honey Bun by Little Debbie has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Mini Muffins - Honey Bun draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Mini Muffins - Honey Bun sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
- Sorbitan Monostearate - Safety score: 2/5
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
sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), water, soybean oil, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of each of the following: whey (milk), dried eggs wheat gluten, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), natural and artificial flavors, dried egg whites, cinnamon, soy flour, high oleic sunflower oil, sorbitan monostearate, dried honey, canola oil, sorbic acid (to preserve freshness), sodium stearoyl lactylate, guar gum, xanthan gum mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, palm oil, wheat starch, propylene glycol monostearate, carnauba wax, sunflower lecithin, tocopherols, soy lecithin. warnings allergy information: contains wheat, milk, egg, soy. product disclaimer stop & shop is committed to providing accurate
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mini Muffins - Honey Bun: 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: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Little Debbie
- Barcode
- 0024300805400
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Mini Muffins - Honey Bun's safety score compare to other products?
Mini Muffins - Honey Bun scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Mini Muffins - Honey Bun's 3.8/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mini Muffins - Honey Bun's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, 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.