pumpkin spice donuts
pumpkin spice donuts by Little Debbie has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for pumpkin spice donuts have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where pumpkin spice donuts sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 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
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for pumpkin spice 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Little Debbie
- Barcode
- 0024300045493
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is pumpkin spice donuts above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, pumpkin spice donuts's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should pumpkin spice donuts's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; pumpkin spice donuts's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.