Avoid

Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits

by Pillsbury

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051500555330 · Pillsbury · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051500555330 · Serving size 0.083 PACKAGE (MAKES 2 DONUTS) (38 g)

The verdict

Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits by Pillsbury scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0051500555330
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00555330 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Buttermilk Pancake & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …555330 · July 2026

17 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 00555330 · 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: Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix With Candy Bits · Nearest score peer is Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix With Candy Bits 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Glazed Chocolate Lil' Don…0/1002. Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix With Candy Bits: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Buttermilk Pancake & Waff…0/1003. Tropical orange: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Tropical orange0/1004. Soda: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Soda0/1005. Cott, Bubbling Cauldron Soda, Orange: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Cott, Bubbling Cauldron S…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits (0/100 on 37 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits
0/100
Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle Mix With Candy Bits
0/100
Tropical orange
0/100
Soda
0/100
Cott, Bubbling Cauldron Soda, Orange
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits scores 90.9 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

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 1,898 Cooking helpers 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
11
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
12
Buttermilk
13
Leavening
14
Baking Soda
15
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
16
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
17
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
18
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
19
Carob Powder
20
Corn Starch
21
Cultured Acidified Skim Milk
22
Natural And Artificial Flavors
23
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
24
Corn Starch
25
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
26
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
27
Soy Lecithin
28
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
29
Confectioner's Glaze
30
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Natural And Artificial Flavor
32
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Carnauba Wax
34
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
37
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Donut Mix: Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Buttermilk, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Dextrose, Cellulose, Carob Powder, Modified Corn Starch, Cultured Acidified Skim Milk, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Salt, Corn Starch, Xanthan Gum, Glaze Mix: Sugar, Corn Starch, Natural And Artificial Flavor. Candy Bits: Sugar, Corn Starch, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Soy Lecithin, Dextrin, Confectioner'S Glaze, Red 40 Lake, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Yellow 6 Lake, Carnauba Wax, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 3, Red 40.

Categories

Cooking helpers Baking Mixes Dessert mixes Pastry helpers Cake mixes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits

Neighbours outside Pillsbury in the same lower screening band as Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pillsbury; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Glazed Chocolate Lil' Donut Kit, Chocolate Donut Mix, Vanilla Glaze Mix, Candy Bits's 6 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 0051500555330: 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.