Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel
Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel by Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel 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 Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Confectionary coating (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa powder, whey powder [milk], soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor), sugar, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (soybean oil, palm oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil), water, corn syrup, eggs, contains 2% or less of each of the following: nonfat milk, modified food starch, mono - and diglycerides, soy lecithin, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), high fructose corn syrup, butter (made from milk), caramel color, cornstarch, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, lactylic esters of fatty acids, xanthan gum, calcium sulfate, spices, natural and artificial flavors, lactic acid, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate (to retard spoilage).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0025600089224
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel above or below average on ingredient safety?
Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tastykake, kandy kakes, cakes with chocolate coating and caramel filling, fall salted caramel's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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