Caution

Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts

by Tasty Baking Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025600007860 · Tasty Baking Company · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025600007860 · Serving size 4 donuts (54 g)

The verdict

Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts by Tasty Baking Company scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 56-component record, beginning with Unbleached Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Organic Malted Barley. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00007860 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Lemon blueberry dipp · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007860 · July 2026

15 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00007860 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks · Nearest score peer is Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tastykake Powdered Mini D…85/1002. Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lemon blueberry dipp n st…85/1003. Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp’n Sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp…85/1004. Old Fashion Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Old Fashion Franks85/1005. Diced Ham: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diced Ham85/100
High-band neighbours for Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts (85/100) outside Tasty Baking Company.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts
85/100
Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks
85/100
Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp’n Sticks
85/100
Old Fashion Franks
85/100
Diced Ham
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Unbleached Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Organic Malted Barley
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Powdered Sugar Coating
11
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Corn Starch
13
Palm Oil
14
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
Color
16
Cottonseed Oil
17
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
18
Preservative
19
Corn Starch
20
Artificial Flavor
21
Vegetable Oil
22
Palm Oil And Soybean Oil
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Or Less Of
25
Soy Flour
26
Glycerine
27
Leavening
28
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
29
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
30
Sodium And Pyrophosphate
31
Monocalcium Phosphate
32
Nonfat Milk Solids
33
Corn Syrup Solids
34
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
35
Colored With Turmeric And Annatto
36
Egg Yolks
37
Artificial Flavors
38
Karaya Gum
39
Monoglycerides
40
Sodium Stearoyl
41
Lactylate
42
Soy Lecithin
43
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Milk
45
Protein
46
Distilled Propylene Glycol Monoesters
47
Enzymes
48
Tapioca Corn Dextrin
49
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
51
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
52
Guar Bum
53
Monoglycerides And Diglycerides
54
Preserved With Potassium Sorbate
55
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
56
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR COATING (DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL AND SOYBEAN OIL), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF (SOY FLOUR, GLYCERINE, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM AND PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, COLORED WITH TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, DEXTROSE, EGG YOLKS, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, KARAYA GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL, LACTYLATE, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY (MILK) PROTEIN, DISTILLED PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOESTERS, ENZYMES, TAPIOCA CORN DEXTRIN, WHEAT STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, GUAR BUM, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MONOGLYCERIDES AND DIGLYCERIDES, PRESERVED WITH POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID)

Other products containing Guar Bum

Guar Bum is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts

Neighbours outside Tasty Baking Company with screening scores in the same high band as Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tasty Baking Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0025600007860: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.