Coconut pound cake

Name: Coconut pound cake
Brand: Hostess

90Clean

Ingredients · 10

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Common questions

Is Hostess Coconut pound cake healthy?

Hostess Coconut pound cake scores 90/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Hostess Coconut pound cake?

Hostess Coconut pound cake lists 10 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Butter, Eggs, All Purpose Flour and Baking Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hostess Coconut pound cake contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hostess Coconut pound cake’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Hostess Coconut pound cake?

Hostess Coconut pound cake is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Hostess Coconut pound cake compare to other pastries & muffins?

At 90/100 Hostess Coconut pound cake sits in our top band, among the better pastries & muffins we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pastries & muffins is Pearl Milling Company Organic Pancakes at 100/100.

Is Hostess Coconut pound cake organic?

Hostess Coconut pound cake is not certified organic in our data.

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