Plain Cake Donuts
Plain Cake Donuts by Kroger has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below 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 0.52 points below 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 Plain Cake Donuts, 5 of its 5 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 Plain Cake Donuts sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - 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
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE). CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: GLYCERIN, DEXTROSE, WHEAT STARCH, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SORBIC ACID AND SODIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVES), SALT, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, EGG WHITE, TOASTED WHEAT GERM, LACTOSE, SOY LECITHIN, EGG YOLK, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CELLULOSE GUM, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, CORN DEXTRIN, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, KARAYA GUM, ENZYMES.POWDER COATING: DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. CINNAMON COATING: DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CINNAMON, PALM OIL, RICE FLOUR, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Plain Cake Donuts: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.6/5.
- Grebe's Bakery, Buttercream Filled Coffee Cake Pk Δ 0.0 pts · Grebe's Bakeries Inc. 3.6/518 additives
- Tastykake, cupcakes, banana pudding Δ 0.0 pts · Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company 3.6/511 additives
- BANQUET Classic Cheesy Patty And Mashed Potatoes, 9 OZ Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
- Homestyle baking, brat buns Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110160058
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
How does Plain Cake Donuts's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.6/5, Plain Cake Donuts sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.6/5 ingredient safety score mean?
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 3.6/5 average places Plain Cake Donuts 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.