JJ's Bakery Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie by JJ's Bakery has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Desserts / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes / Soft cake filled with fruit paste and coated with sugar icing

How This Score Is Built

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie 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). 10 of its 10 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 Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie sits nationally

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

3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
2 ingredients flagged for safety concerns

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

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WATER, PALM OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SWEET POTATO FLAKES, CORN STARCH, SALT, SODIUM PROPIONATE, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM ALGINATE, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEAT STARCH, CALCIUM CARBONATE, AGAR-AGAR, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, CITRIC ACID, SPICES, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ANNATTO EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, RED 40, BLUE 1.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0011284003724
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie above or below average on ingredient safety?

Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.8/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sweet Potato Marshmallow Pie's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is 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.