Tastykake
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Tastykake, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Tastykake averages 84.0/100 across the 174 of 204 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 50.6% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 84.0/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 174 scored products
- 204
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 50.6%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 96%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 204 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Birthday Kake Cupkakes; Mini chocolate brownies topped with m&m's minis milk chocolate candies; Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow; 50.6% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 84.0/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
| Signal | Tastykake | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Avg safety score | 84.0/100 | Mid-range |
| Products tracked | 204 | OpenFoodFacts US index |
| Flagged ingredients | 50.6% | FDA SAFFA + CSPI flag overlap |
What the Data Says About Tastykake
Tastykake: 204 products tracked, 174 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 84.0/100, 50.6% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
50.6% of the scored Tastykake products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Tastykake sits 8.8 points below that fleet-wide average. Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Tastykake's 50.6% flagged share is 32.6 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Tastykake processing intensity
Tastykake's NOVA-classified set is 174 products: 96% ultra-processed (Group 4, 167 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 167. That ultra-processed share sits 17.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Tastykake's 50.6% flagged share is measured across 174 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Tastykake flagged share vs large-brand cohort
50.6% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
51% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
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- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (84.0/100) summarizes 174 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Tastykake product score distribution
Brand average 84.0/100 across 174 scored products
84 29th percentile sits above 29% of the 174 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–10
- 7 scored products (4%)
- 20–30
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 30–40
- 7 scored products (4%)
- 40–50
- 4 scored products (2%)
- 50–60
- 3 scored products (2%)
- 60–70
- 4 scored products (2%)
- 70–80
- 7 scored products (4%)
- 80–90
- 30 scored products (17%)
- 90–100
- 23 scored products (13%)
- 100 and above
- 86 scored products (49%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Tastykake relies most on Caramel Coloring, an industry staple
Across the 174 Tastykake products scored here, Caramel Coloring appears in 49. It is used by 3,551 other brands in this database (10.1% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Tastykake products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Caramel Coloring | 49 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 48 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| Polysorbate 80 | 21 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 19 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 18 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 16 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 10 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Carrageenan | 6 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Tastykake records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (54 ingredients and 60/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 54 ingredients
- Median score
- 60/100
The outlined point is Birthday Kake Cupkakes, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (10). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Birthday Kake Cupkakes: 68 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Mini chocolate brownies topped with m&m's minis milk chocolate candies: 53 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 10 flagged.
- Iced Yellow Cakes With Sprinkles!, Iced Yellow: 60 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Iced yellow cakes with holiday sprinkles: 59 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Juniors yellow iced cakes with colored sprinkles: 61 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Kandy bar kakes: 62 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Peanut butter chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter flavored icing & creme filling: 60 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, cream filled sweetie kakes with icing and heart sprinkles, chocolate: 54 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, tasty tweets, 12 cream filled chocolate cakes with icing and easter sprinkles: 53 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, santa snacks, cream filled vanilla cakes: 58 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Blueberry fruit & yogurt bars, blueberry: 50 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, kandy kakes, summer key lime: 53 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, cherry sweet rolls: 51 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, kandy kakes, key lime: 54 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, cupcakes, graham: 55 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, danish, berry cheese: 60 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, cupcakes, strawberry: 66 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Iced Creme Filled Chocolate Cakes With Sprinkles, Iced Creme Filled Chocolate: 67 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 4 flagged.
- Tastykake, glazed pie, chocolate: 39 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Mini donuts: 56 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Blueberry flavored mini donuts: 57 resolved ingredients, 35/100, 3 flagged.
- Blueberry flavored sweet rolls: 50 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Fruit & yogurt iced bars: 50 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Spring Edition Peach Cobbler Mini Donuts: 63 resolved ingredients, 65/100, 3 flagged.
- Winner Edition Red Velvet Mini Donuts: 58 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- TastyKake birhtday kake mini donuts: 64 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Maple flavored sweet rolls: 51 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Tastykake, cupcakes, banana pudding: 51 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 3 flagged.
- Cakes With Mint Flavored Filling And Dark Chocolate Flavored Coating, Seasonal Mint: 49 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Delicious Shortbread Cookies: 19 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Strawberry Mini Donuts: 55 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Tastykake, kandy kakes, white confectionery coated cakes, summer orange creme: 41 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Mini Donuts: 51 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Tastykake, pancake krimpets, cream filled sponge cakes: 46 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Swirly Cupkakes: 52 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Swiss rolls: 49 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Vanilla Pudding Pie: 36 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Cookies & Creme Mini Donuts, Cookies & Creme: 58 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Cookies & Creme Brownies, Cookies & Cream: 46 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Tastykake, mini donuts, salted caramel: 55 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Swirly chocolate cupcakes chocolate iced with creme filling: 52 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Apple cinnamon flavored sweet rolls: 51 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Peach cobbler mini donuts: 63 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Pumpkin spice flavored mini donuts: 55 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Tastykake, mini donuts, caramel apple: 55 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Caramel apple mini donuts: 54 resolved ingredients, 80/100, 2 flagged.
- Dreamies Creme Kakes: 42 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Banana Cake With Icing, Banana: 49 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Sponge Cake With Lemon Flavored Icing, Lemon: 50 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
- Juniors Layer Cake With Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Flavored Icing, Chocolate Chip: 54 resolved ingredients, 90/100, 2 flagged.
Products by Tastykake
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 154 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Tastykake: closest on tracked product count (204 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (84/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Tastykake food safe? ▼
Tastykake has an average safety score of 84/100 across the 174 of 204 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 50.6% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Tastykake products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 204 Tastykake products. 174 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 30 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Tastykake catalog? ▼
Tastykake has 174 NOVA-classified products; 96% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 167 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Does Tastykake use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Tastykake items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Tastykake profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Birthday Kake Cupkakes, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (10) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Caramel Coloring appears in 49 scored Tastykake products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Tastykake's 84.0/100 average and 50.6% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
