Safe

Frosted Mini Donuts

by Hostess Brands Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0888109000103 · Hostess Brands Llc · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0888109000103 · Serving size 6 DONUTS (85 g)

The verdict

Frosted Mini Donuts by Hostess Brands Llc scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 50 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

09000103 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Frosted Mini Donuts label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Sodium Propionate PHOTO-FINISH Multi Collagen Protein · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000103 · July 2026

17 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Propionate). Source sheet 09000103 · 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: Multi Collagen Protein · Nearest score peer is Multi Collagen Protein at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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. Frosted Mini Donuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Frosted Mini Donuts100/1002. Multi Collagen Protein: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Multi Collagen Protein100/1003. Hostess Ding Dong: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hostess Ding Dong100/1004. Coffee Cakes Cinnamon Streusel: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coffee Cakes Cinnamon Str…100/1005. Iced Devil's Food Cake With Creamy Filling: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Iced Devil's Food Cake Wi…100/100
High-band neighbours for Frosted Mini Donuts (100/100) outside Hostess Brands Llc.
Chart values as text

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

Frosted Mini Donuts
100/100
Multi Collagen Protein
100/100
Hostess Ding Dong
100/100
Coffee Cakes Cinnamon Streusel
100/100
Iced Devil's Food Cake With Creamy Filling
100/100

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. Frosted Mini Donuts scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Frosted Mini Donuts lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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

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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (95th 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

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Flour
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Iron
6
B" Vitamins
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
B1
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
B2
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
Water
14
Palm Shortening
15
Partially Hydrogenated Oils
16
Palm Kernel
17
Organic Coconut
18
Palm
19
Soybean Oil
20
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
21
Egg Yolks
22
Glycerine
23
Nonfat Milk
24
Soy Flour
25
Leavenings
26
Baking Soda
27
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
28
Sodium Aluminium Phosphate
29
Natural And Artificial Flavors
30
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Soy Lecithin
32
Distilled Monoglycerides
33
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
34
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
35
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Mono And Diglycerides
37
Tapioca Dextrin
38
Corn Dextrin
39
Guar Gum
40
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
Karaya Gum
42
Enzymes
43
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
44
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
45
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
46
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Extracts Of Annatto And Turmeric
48
Color
49
Cellulose Gum
50
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

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, enriched wheat flour [flour, ferrous sulfate (iron), "b" vitamins (niacin, thiamine mononitrate (b1), riboflavin (b2), folic acid)], water, palm shortening, partially hydrogenated oils (palm kernel, coconut, palm), soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, egg yolks. contains 2% or less of: glycerine, nonfat milk, soy flour, leavenings (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminium phosphate), natural and artificial flavors, salt, soy lecithin, distilled monoglycerides, whey, dextrose, wheat starch, mono and diglycerides, tapioca dextrin, corn dextrin, guar gum, modified wheat starch, karaya gum, enzymes, calcium sulfate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, sodium propionate (to retain freshness), extracts of annatto and turmeric (color), cellulose gum, citric acid.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Biscuits and cakes Cakes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Frosted Mini Donuts

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Frosted Mini Donuts has a longer ingredient list than 95% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0888109000103: 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.