Little Debbie, Mckee Foods Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Oatmeal Creme Pies

Oatmeal Creme Pies: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Oatmeal Creme Pies by Little Debbie, Mckee Foods has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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 Oatmeal Creme Pies, 9 of its 9 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 Oatmeal Creme Pies sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 9 tracked ingredients
9
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

CORN SYRUP, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, BARLEY MALT, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID TO PROTECT FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, WHOLE GRAIN OATS, WATER, SUGAR, MOLASSES, RAISINS. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOY FLOUR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE), WHEY, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, CORN STARCH, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, POLYSORBATE 60, EGGS, PALM AND PALM KERNEL OIL, EGGS WHITES, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, RICE FLOUR, NONFAT DRY MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DATEM, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, COLORS (CARAMEL COLOR, TITANIUM, RED 40, BETA CAROTENE, ANNATTO EXTRACT, TURMERIC, YELLOW, BLUE 1), SORBIC ACID (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), SPICES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, POLYSORBATE 80, PECTIN, SODIUM CITRATE, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, CHOCOLATE, C

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Oatmeal Creme Pies: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0024300043017
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Oatmeal Creme Pies's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Oatmeal Creme Pies's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Oatmeal Creme Pies?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Oatmeal Creme Pies's 4.1/5 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.