Tastykake Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Pecan Swirls Rolls

Pecan Swirls Rolls: 3/5 ingredient safety

Pecan Swirls Rolls by Tastykake has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Pastries

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 Pecan Swirls Rolls, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Pecan Swirls Rolls sits nationally

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

3 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

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

unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil and soybean oil), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, contains 2% or less of each of the following: cinnamon, pecans, salt, wheat flour, monoglycerides, soy lecithin, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, calcium stearoyl lactylate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, polysorbate 80, enzymes, egg yolks, cinnamic aldehyde, colored with extractives of turmeric and annatto seed, eggs, cellulose gum, leavening (baking soda), calcium propionate and sodium propionate (to retard spoilage),

Product Details

Barcode
0025600005217
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Pecan Swirls Rolls rank on ingredient safety?

Pecan Swirls Rolls scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Pecan Swirls Rolls?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pecan Swirls Rolls's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.