Tastykake, mini donuts, caramel apple
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Product Insight: Tastykake, mini donuts, caramel apple
Tastykake, mini donuts, caramel apple by Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company is tracked in PlainIngredients with 8 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.9 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 Its Nutri-Score grade is E, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 6 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
- Titanium Dioxide — Safety score: 2/5
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
Sugar, unbleached and bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, crunch blend (bleached wheat flour, sugar, yellow corn flour, yeast, salt, soybean oil, caramel color, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate], calcium propionate [preservative], extractives of paprika [color]), vegetable oils (palm oil and soybean oil), contains 2% or less of each of the following: soy flour, egg yolks, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), nonfat milk solids, glycerine, corn syrup solids, salt, natural and artificial flavors, dextrose, wheat starch, calcium sulfate, caramel color, soy lecithin, wheat flour, distilled monoglycerides, calcium carbonate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, guar gum, propylene glycol monoester, agar, tapioca dextrin, corn dextrin, titanium dioxide (color), xanthan gum, enzymes, karaya gum, monoglycerides, corn syrup, citric ac
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
- Barcode
- 0025600091555
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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