Product Insight: pumpkin spice donuts
pumpkin spice donuts by Little Debbie is tracked in PlainIngredients with 5 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 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 no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 4 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
enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), palm oil, water, dextrose, sugar. contains 2% or less of each of the following: soybean oil, dried egg yolks, nonfat dry milk, corn starch, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), corn syrup solids, defatted soy flour, cinnamon, salt, glycerin, natural and artificial flavors, preservatives (potassium sorbate, sorbic acid), wheat starch, cellulose gum, dextrin, guar gum, karaya gum, mono-and diglycerides, soy lecithin, tapioca starch, wheat germ, citric acid, caramel color, yellow 5, red 40. allergy information: contains wheat, eggs, milk, soy. mickee mckee foods p.o. box 750 collegedale, tn 37315 ©2023 contains a bioengineered food ingredient. our family promise quality, freshness and taste. littledebbie.com 1-800-522-4499 mckee foods, collegedale, tn 37315 send or have available the dated top panel. sealed to preserve quality
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
- Brand
- Little Debbie
- Barcode
- 0024300045493
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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