Nutty Buddy Cakes
Nutty Buddy Cakes by Little Debbie has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 2.5 out of 5, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Nutty Buddy Cakes, 2 of its 2 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 Nutty Buddy Cakes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
2.5 Top 98% higher than 2% 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, WATER, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, BARLEY MALT, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2)], FOLIC ACID), PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, HYDROGENATED RAPESEED AND COTTONSEED OIL), PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PALM AND SOYBEAN OILS WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID TO PROTECT FLAVOR, CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY (MILK), DRIED EGGS, SOY FLOUR, CORN STARCH, LEAVENING (SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, PRESERVATIVES (SORBIC ACID, ADIPIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE), SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POLYSORBATE 60, CARAMEL COLOR.
Product Details
- Brand
- Little Debbie
- Barcode
- 0024300043291
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Nutty Buddy Cakes above or below average on ingredient safety?
Nutty Buddy Cakes scores 2.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 2.5/5 rating on Nutty Buddy Cakes?
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 2.5/5 average places Nutty Buddy Cakes in the Caution 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.