Product Insight: Yellow Cupcakes
Yellow Cupcakes by Hill & Valley Inc. is tracked in PlainIngredients with 7 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 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
MALTITOL* AND SORBITOL* SYRUP, PALM OIL WITH MONO&DIGLYCERIDES AND POLYSORBATE 60, ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTITOL*, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL (WITH MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO - AND DISTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, GLYCERYL-LACTO ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS), EGGS, PALM OIL WITH PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES AND SOYBEAN LECITHIN, EGG WHITES, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, NON-FAT MILK SOLIDS W/VITAMIN A, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO - AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO - AND DIGLCERIDES, LECITHIN, WITH BHT AND CITRIC ACID TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK), SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEORYL LACTILATE, CALCIUM SILICATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID), BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, VANILLIN,
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
- Brand
- Hill & Valley Inc.
- Barcode
- 0014821160096
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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