Peanut butter kandy kakes, peanut butter
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Product Insight: Peanut butter kandy kakes, peanut butter
Peanut butter kandy kakes, peanut butter by Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company is tracked in PlainIngredients with 3 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.7 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 3 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
Peanut butter (peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated vegetable oil [rapeseed, cottonseed, soybean], sugar and salt), confectionery coating (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, whey powder [milk], cocoa powder, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor), sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, nonfat milk, eggs, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of each of the following: high fructose corn syrup, egg yolks, modified corn starch, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), soy lecithin, salt, mono - and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, xanthan gum, lactylic esters of fatty acids, calcium sulfate, cinnamon, nutmeg, potassium sorbate (to retard spoilage).
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
- Barcode
- 0025600003527
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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