Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit

by duncan hines

0
Avoid
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 7 flagged ingredients

Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit by duncan hines receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 7 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0644209004041
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed

What the Data Says About

Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit by duncan hines carries a composite safety score of 0/100, which we classify as "Avoid" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 7 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Fruity Pebbles Cake Kit
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 0/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 7 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score Not available OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Confetti Cake Mix
 2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Bleached Wheat Flour
 4
Emulsified Palm Shortening
 5
Palm Oil
 6
Propilene Glycol Mono - And Diesters Of Fats And Fatty Acids
 7
Mono-and Diglycerides
 8
Sodium Stearovl Lactylate
 9
Sprnkles
 10
Yellow Corn Flour
 11
Modifed Corn Starch
 12
Canola Oil
 13
Vellow 5 Lake
 14
Réd 40 Lake
 15
Wheat Flour
 16
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
17
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
19
Leavening
 20
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
21
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
 22
Dicalcium Phosphate
 23
Monocalcum Phosphate
 24
Tricalcum Phosphate
 25
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
Salt Titanum Dioxide
 27
Color
 28
Cellulose Gum
 29
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
30
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
31
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
32
Artificial Flavors
 33
Corn Starch
 34
Frosting
 35
Water
 36
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
37
Corn Starch
 38
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
39
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
40
Titanum Dioxide
 41
Preservatives
 42
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Muked Tocopherols
 44
Alpha Tocopherol
 45
Corn Maltodextrin
 46
Sodium Stearovyl Lactylate
 47
Natural And Artificial Flavor
 48
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
49
Cereal
 50
Rice
 51
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
54
Turmeric Oleoresin
 55
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
56
Lue2 Ht And Bha Preservatve
 57
Sodium Ascorbate And Ascorbic Acd
 58
Macinamide
 59
Reduced Iron
 60
Znc Oxide
 61
Vtamin A Palmītate
 62
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
63
Thiamin Monontrate
 64
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
65
Folicacid
 66
Vitamin D3
 67
Vitamin B12
 68
Wiheat

Full Ingredient List

confetti cake mix (sugar, bleached wheat flour, emulsified palm shortening (palm oil, propilene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono-and diglycerides, sodium stearovl lactylate), sprnkles (sugar, yellow corn flour, modifed corn starch, canola oil, vellow 5 lake, réd 40 lake, wheat flour, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 1 lake), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcum phosphate, tricalcum phosphate), wheat starch, contains less than 2% of salt titanum dioxide (color), cellulose gum, xanthan gum, dextrose, maltodextrin, artificial flavors, modified corn starch), frosting (sugar, water, palm oil, corn syrup, canola oil, contains less than 2% of: corn starch, modified corn starch, mono-and diglycerides, salt, polysorbate 60, titanum dioxide (color), preservatives (potassium sorbate, muked tocopherols, alpha tocopherol), corn maltodextrin, sodium stearovyl lactylate, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid), cereal (rice, sugar, canola oil, salt, natural and artificial flavor, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, turmeric oleoresin (color) blue 1, lue2 ht and bha preservatve), sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acd, macinamide, reduced iron,znc oxide, vtamin a palmītate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamin monontrate, riboflavin, folicacid,vitamin d3, vitamin b12), contains wiheat,v

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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