Sponge cake

Name: Sponge cake
Brand: Hostess

95Clean

Ingredients · 8

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Common questions

Is Hostess Sponge cake healthy?

Hostess Sponge cake scores 95/100 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 Sponge cake?

Hostess Sponge cake lists 8 ingredients, starting with Eggs, Sugar, Flour, Baking Powder and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hostess Sponge cake contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hostess Sponge 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 Sponge cake?

Hostess Sponge cake is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Hostess Sponge cake compare to other pastries & muffins?

At 95/100 Hostess Sponge 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 Sponge cake organic?

Hostess Sponge cake is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.