Brand
Hostess
Made by
The J.M. Smucker Company
Aisle
Cookies and snack cakes
Kind
snack cakes

Hostess

Hostess Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing, a creme filling and the white squiggle on top.

Label check

Flagged ingredients6

Fails 3 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Titanium dioxideSynthetic dyesTITANIUM DIOXIDE
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Corn syrup solidsCorn syrupCORN SYRUP SOLIDS
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL
Cottonseed oilSeed oilsCOTTONSEED OIL

Ingredients as listed

Sugar, Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron Or Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Corn Syrup, Cocoa, Tallow, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Glycerin, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Food Starch Modified, Corn Starch, Baking Soda, Salt, Whey, Corn Syrup Solids, Calcium Sulfate, Egg, Sorbic Acid And Potassium Sorbate (To Retain Freshness), Agave Syrup, Inulin, Egg Whites, Dextrose, Hydrogenated Tallow, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Mono And Diglycerides, Baking Soda, Bleached Wheat Flour, Polysorbate 60, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cottonseed Oil, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Agar, Cellulose Gum, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Monocalcium Phosphate, Enzymes, Salt, Locust Bean Gum, Dipotassium Phosphate, Chocolate Liquor, Defatted Soy Flour.

Source: The J.M. Smucker Company’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More snack cakes first, then the rest of the cookies and snack cakes aisle. Each fails fewer than 3 of the checks; fewest flags first.