—Limited data

31/38 ingredients recognized

Ingredient safety50

Formulation quality0

Contaminant risk100

Label transparency9

How we scored this

PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 31 of 38 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology

Hostess

Coffee Cakes

Name: Coffee Cakes
Brand: Hostess

Beverages Coffee & Tea0888109114060

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Flagged concerns

soybean oil

High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.

corn syrup

Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.

diglycerides

Emulsifier; can contain trans fats not captured on the nutrition label; ultra-processed marker.

artificial flavor

Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure

vitamin a palmitate

May enhance tumor development when applied on skin exposed to UV; avoid in daytime SPF products.

enriched flour

Stripped of nutrients; high glycemic; bleaching may leave chemical residue.

polysorbate 60

Synthetic emulsifier; similar gut microbiome disruption concerns as polysorbate 80

Sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

brown sugar

White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar

Full ingredient list

Sugar, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate or reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter (cream, salt), contains 2% or less: modified cornstarch, glycerin, egg, cinnamon, tallow, palm oil, salt, natural and artificial flavor, defatted soy flour, egg white, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, whey, potassium sorbate and sorbic acid (to retain freshness), hydrogenated tallow, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, monocalcium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, enzymes, fumaric acid, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, soy protein isolate, cotton seed oil, soy lecithin, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate.