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Is Tasty Baking Company Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts ultra-processed?

10 oz (284 g) Doughnuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Tasty Baking Company Tastykake Powdered Mini Donuts

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 58 ingredients
  • 19 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed doughnuts

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

flour (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar coating (dextrose, modified corn starch, palm oil, titanium dioxide (color), hydrogenated cottonseed oil, calcium propionate (preservative), corn starch, artificial flavor), vegetable oil (palm oil, soybean oil), sugar, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (soy flour, glycerine, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, SODIUM and PYROPHOSPHATE, monocalcium phosphate, milk, corn syrup solids, salt, with turmeric, annatto, dextrose, egg yolks, artificial flavors, karaya gum, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl, lactylate, soy lecithin, whey, protein, distilled propylene glycol monoesters, enzymes, tapioca corn dextrin, wheat starch, xanthan gum, citric acid, guar bum, modified corn starch, MONOGLYCERIDES and DIGLYCERIDES, with potassium sorbate, sodium propionate, sorbic acid)

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E160b Annatto , E171 Titanium dioxide , E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E281 Sodium propionate , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum , E416 Karaya-gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin.

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR COATING (DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PALM OIL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL AND SOYBEAN OIL), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF (SOY FLOUR, GLYCERINE, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM AND PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, COLORED WITH TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, DEXTROSE, EGG YOLKS, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, KARAYA GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL, LACTYLATE, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY (MILK) PROTEIN, DISTILLED PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOESTERS, ENZYMES, TAPIOCA CORN DEXTRIN, WHEAT STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, GUAR BUM, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MONOGLYCERIDES AND DIGLYCERIDES, PRESERVED WITH POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID)

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E416 Karaya-gum A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
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  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 doughnuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 86% of the doughnuts here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 14 doughnuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0025600007860, last edited 25 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.