pillsbury yellow cake mix
pillsbury yellow cake mix by Pillsbury has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
pillsbury yellow cake mix 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). 2 of its 2 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 pillsbury yellow cake mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
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
enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, calčium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: canola oil, dextrose, salt, corn starch, propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, natural & artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, cellulose gum, cellulose, xanthan gum, sodium stearoyl lactylate, red 40, yellow 5, citric acid and bht (antioxidants). contains wheat ingredients. may contain egg, milk, and soybean ingredients.
Product Details
- Brand
- Pillsbury
- Barcode
- 0013300602355
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does pillsbury yellow cake mix rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, pillsbury yellow cake mix's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should pillsbury yellow cake mix's 4.5/5 score be read?
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 4.5/5 average places pillsbury yellow cake mix in the Low Risk tier.
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