fruity pebbles cake mix
Contains 8 flagged ingredients
fruity pebbles cake mix 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 8 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.
What the Data Says About
fruity pebbles cake mix 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 8 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 mix 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
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 8 | 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
Full Ingredient List
confetti cake mix (sugar, bleached wheat flour, emulsified palm shortening palm oil propylene glycol mono-and diesters of fats and fatty acids, mono-and diglycerides soomestearos lastylate sprinkles (sugar, yellow corn flour, modified corn starch, canola oil yellow stare red 40 lake, wheat flour, yellow 6 lake, blue 2 lake, blue 1 lake), leavening (sodium bicarbonate sem aluminium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], wheat starch, coreabis less than 21% of salt, colored with [titanium dioxide), cellulose gum, xanthan gum, dextrose maltodexpol artificial flavors, modified corn starch), frosting (sugar, palm oil, water, corn syrup contants less than 2% of: corn starch, mono - and diglycerides, modified corn starch, salt, titaniuh dhenre coolori potassium sorbate [preservative], corn maltodextrin, polysorbate 60, xanthan gume antioxidants jascorbyl palmitate, mixed tocopherols, chamomile extract, rosemary extract, alpha tocopherol, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid), cereal (rice, sugar, canola and/or soybean oil, salt contains 1% or less of: natural and artificial flavor, red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 1, turmeric oleoresin (color), bht and bha added to preserve freshness, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid [vitamin c, niacinamide (vitamin b3), reduced iron, zinc oxide, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12). contains: wheat.
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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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