Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime
Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime by Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 1.12 points below 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
Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
Confectionery coating (sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, nonfat dry milk, titanium dioxide [color], soy lecithin), sugar, nonfat milk, vegetables shortening (soybean oil, palm oil, and hydrogenated cottonseed oil), enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) whle wheat flour, corn syrup, eggs, contains 2% or less of each of the following high fructose corn syrup, water, corn starch, egg yolks, glycerine, molasses, modified corn starch, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), salt butter (made from milk), soy lecithin, caramel color, key lime concentrate, mono-and diglycerides, natural and artificial flavor (contains milk ingredients, distilled monoglycerides, pulp cells, propylene glycol mono and diesters of fats and fatty acids, xanthan gum, lactylic esters of fatty acids, calcium sulfate, lime oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, fd&c blue #1, fd&c yellow #5, lactic acid, sorbic acid and potassiu
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0025600089187
- 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, summer key lime above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3/5 rating on Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.
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