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

Hostess

Hostess Frosted Donettes

Bite-size cake donuts with a chocolate-flavoured frosted coating.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Fails 1 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
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL

Ingredients as listed

Sugar, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron Or Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Palm Oil, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Glycerin, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Nonfat Milk, Defatted Soy Flour, Egg Yolks, Mono And Diglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Soy Lecithin, Baking Soda, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Preservatives (Natamycin, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate), Whey, Wheat Starch, Dextrose, Dextrin, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Guar Gum, Cellulose Gum, Citric Acid, Enzymes, Annatto And Turmeric (For Color), Karaya Gum

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 donuts first, then the rest of the cookies and snack cakes aisle. Each passes all five checks.