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Birthday Cupcakes Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling

One cake (46g) serving of Birthday Cupcakes Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling by Hostess has 180 calories, 24g of sugars and 135mg of sodium, as submitted by Hostess Brands, LLC to USDA (FoodData Central 2213741, record updated Nov 16, 2021). A newer USDA record of this product, under another barcode, is FoodData Central 2421927.

Nutrition Facts

Serving size1 cake (46g)
Amount per serving
Calories180
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g8%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 10mg3%
Sodium 135mg6%
Total Carbohydrate 30g11%
Dietary Fiber 0g0%
Total Sugars 24g
Includes Added Sugars 23g46%
Protein not declared
Vitamin D not declared
Calcium 120mg9%
Iron 0.4mg2%
Potassium 0mg0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Protein % DV here is not corrected for protein quality.

Computed from the values per 100 g that Hostess Brands, LLC submitted to USDA, for the declared 46g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.

0888109113858
UPC
888109113858
Category
Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes
Records
7 under this UPC; this page shows the newest record of this barcode

How it compares with other cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 98% of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 51% of them.

Where it sits among cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes: sugar per 100 g

Sugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g52 gmedian 32 gThis product: 52 g
Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category; the dashed line is the median. USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.
Birthday Cupcakes Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling against the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in the database
Per 100 gThis productMedian of the categoryShare of the category lower
Total sugars52.2 g31.8 g98%
Sodium293 mg289 mg51%
Calories39138653%

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; category statistics computed by GetFoodFacts from 8,749 products, one per barcode.

Other filling in this aisle

339 of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products are named filling. Per 100 g their median is 378 calories, 322 mg of sodium and 2.7 g of protein; 108 have less sodium than this one.

Other brands with less sodiumSodium per 100 gCalories per 100 g
French Style Cheesecake Mousse with Lemon Flavored Filling MARKETSIDE234 mg273
Choco-pie with Marshmallow Filling ORION231 mg436
Peanut Butter Cakes with Chocolate Flavored Coating and Peanut Butter Filling TASTYKAKE230 mg514

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "filling", one per barcode.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): SUGAR, WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE OR REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), TALLOW, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PALM OIL, CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CORNSTARCH, EGG, SOYBEAN OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEY, PALM KERNEL OIL, HYDROGENATED TALLOW, EGG WHITE, NONFAT DRY MILK, INULIN, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, DEFATTED SOY FLOUR, CALCIUM SULFATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, SORBIC ACID AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), DEXTROSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COTTONSEED OIL, GLYCERIN, AGAR, POLYSORBATE 60, GUAR GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), SOY LECITHIN, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, DEXTRIN, RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, FUMARIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, BLUE 2 LAKE, ENZYMES, SODIUM CASEINATE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 3, CARNAUBA WAX, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6.

The statement lists 57 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sugar, Water, Enriched Flour (bleached Wheat Flour. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Nov 16, 2021), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Hostess Brands, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2213741).

More Hostess cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Questions about this product

How many calories are in Hostess Birthday Cupcakes Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling?

180 per 1 cake (46g) serving, and 391 per 100 g.

How much sodium is in Hostess Birthday Cupcakes Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling?

135mg per serving (6% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).

Is this the label on the package today?

It is the record Hostess Brands, LLC submitted to USDA, last updated Nov 16, 2021. Recipes change: the package in your hand is the authority.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
this record and every record it is compared with, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what branded, SR Legacy, Foundation and survey records are. fdc.nal.usda.gov
USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
survey foods and their household portions. ars.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, its rounding and the Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the FDA thresholds the comparisons count. ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov