Caution

Donuts

by Walmart

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742021911 · Walmart. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742021911 · Serving size 3 donuts (57 g)

The verdict

Donuts by Walmart scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 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 64-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0078742021911
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

42021911 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Donuts label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Thick Sliced Bacon · ±0 BOOK-OFF …021911 · July 2026

18 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 42021911 · 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: Thick Sliced Bacon · Nearest score peer is Thick Sliced Bacon 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.

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. Donuts: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Donuts85/1002. Thick Sliced Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Thick Sliced Bacon85/1003. Cinnamon French Toast Sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cinnamon French Toast Sti…85/1004. Bacon dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bacon dressing85/1005. Tiramisu Cake Roll With Cream Cheese Filling: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tiramisu Cake Roll With C…85/100
High-band neighbours for Donuts (85/100) outside Walmart.
Chart values as text

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

Donuts
85/100
Thick Sliced Bacon
85/100
Cinnamon French Toast Sticks
85/100
Bacon dressing
85/100
Tiramisu Cake Roll With Cream Cheese Filling
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Donuts lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Ascorbic Acid As A Dough Conditioner
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Enzyme
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
Shortening
12
Palm Oil
13
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
14
Preservative
15
Isomaltulose
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Soybean
18
Rving Size 3 Donuts
19
57g
20
Canola Oil
21
Or Less Of Leavening
22
Sodium Unt Per Serving Alories 230 15% 30% Acid Pyrophosphate
23
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
24
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
25
Milk
26
Soybean Flour
27
Yeast
28
Mono-and Diglycerides
29
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
30
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
31
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
32
Guar Gum
33
Natural And Artificial Flavor
34
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
35
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
36
Corn Starch
37
Palm Ke Oil
38
Cocoa Processed With Alkall
39
Cal22392 Alcium Sulfate
40
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
41
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
42
Emolster
43
Monoglycerides
44
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
45
Potassium Sorbate Preservative
46
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
47
Agar-agar
48
Gum Arabic
49
Locust Beacher Oil
50
Nonfat Dry Milk
51
Yogurt Powder
52
Cultured Wet Milk
53
Soy Lecithin
54
Emulsifier
55
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
56
Sunfloathin Shellas Sarnauba Wax
57
Eggs
58
Titanium
59
Color
60
Fc Yellow #5 Lake
61
Fd&c Red #4 0% Yellow 6 Lake
62
Fd&c Blue #1 Lake Fu Blue #1
63
Fd&c Blue #2 Lake. Dium 160mg 7%
64
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, ASCORBIC ACID AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SHORTENING (PALM OIL, TBHQ [PRESERVATIVE]), ISOMALTULOSE, SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND/OR rving size 3 donuts (57g) CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF LEAVENING (SODIUM unt per serving alories 230 15% 30% ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), WHEY (MILK), SOYBEAN FLOUR, YEAST, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DATEM, GUAR GUM, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID, SALT, CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, PALM KE OIL, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALL, CAL22392 ALCIUM SULFATE, DEXTROSE, POLYSORBATE 60 (EMOLSTER), MONOGLYCERIDES, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID, AGAR-AGAR, GUM ARABIC, LOCUST BEACHER OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, YOGURT POWDER (CULTURED WET MILK), SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), DEXTRIN, SUNFLOATHIN SHELLAS SARNAUBA WAX, ENZYME, EGGS, TITANIUM (COLOR) FC YELLOW #5 LAKE, FD&C RED #4 0% YELLOW 6 LAKE, FD&C BLUE #1 LAKE FU BLUE #1, FD&C BLUE #2 LAKE. dium 160mg 7% CONTAINS MILK, EGGS, WHEAT

High-score cross-brand comparables for Donuts

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Donuts's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare 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 0078742021911: 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.