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Hostess, Cup Cakes, Frosted Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling

One cake (45g) serving of Hostess, Cup Cakes, Frosted Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling has 160 calories, 18g of sugars and 210mg of sodium, as submitted by Hostess Brands, LLC to USDA (FoodData Central 2029188, record updated Jul 24, 2018).

Nutrition Facts

Serving size1 cake (45g)
Amount per serving
Calories160
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g8%
Saturated Fat 2.5g13%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol <5mg2%
Sodium 210mg9%
Total Carbohydrate 26g9%
Dietary Fiber <1g4%
Total Sugars 18g
Includes Added Sugars not declared
Protein <1g2%
Vitamin D not declared
Calcium 100mg8%
Iron 1.1mg6%
Potassium not declared

* 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 45g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.

0888109110017
UPC
888109110017
Category
Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes
Records
4 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 74% of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 93% of them.

Where the calories come from: 64% carbohydrate, 33% fat and 2% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

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

Sugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 40 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.
Hostess, Cup Cakes, Frosted Chocolate 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 sugars40 g31.8 g74%
Sodium467 mg289 mg93%
Protein2.2 g3.7 g9%
Calories35638630%

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

Other cakes in this aisle

1,310 of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products are named cakes. Per 100 g their median is 408 calories, 294 mg of sodium and 2.8 g of protein; 1,242 have less sodium than this one.

Other brands with less sodiumSodium per 100 gCalories per 100 g
Jamaican Bulla Coconut Cakes OCHO RIOS373 mg277
Tastykake, Mini Cupcakes with Hershey's Cocoa TASTYKAKE372 mg349
Mini Pound Cakes BIMBO370 mg410

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

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): SUGAR, WATER, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR [FLOUR, REDUCED IRON, B VITAMINS (NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (B1), RIBOFLAVIN (B2), FOLIC ACID)], CORN SYRUP, PALM OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, COCOA, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE AND/OR ANIMAL SHORTENING (SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED AND/OR CANOLA OIL, BEEF FAT), SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GLYCERIN, SOY LECITHIN, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, CALCIUM CARBONATE, LEAVENINGS (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORNSTARCH, AND MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), WHOLE EGGS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GLUCOSE, BAKING SODA, DEXTROSE, SALT, CORN STARCH, WHEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, INULIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, EGG WHITES, POTASSIUM SORBATE, AGAR, CALCIUM SULFATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SUNFLOWER OIL, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, POLYSORBATE 60, SORBIC ACID (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), XANTHAN GUM, WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, SODIUM STEARATE, CELLULOSE GUM, GELATIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), CHOCOLATE LIQUOR.

The statement lists 44 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sugar, Water, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [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 Jul 24, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Hostess Brands, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2029188).

More Hostess cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes

ProductCalories per 100 gSugars per 100 gSodium per 100 g
Caramel Iced Yellow Cake with Salted Topping & Creamy Caramel Filling Cupcakes35648.89 g400 mg
Cup Cakes35644.44 g311 mg
Hostess, Cupcakes, Candy Corn35644.44 g289 mg
Frosted Yellow Cake with Creamy Filling35645.56 g289 mg
Cupcakes, Dark Chocolate Raspberry35640 g489 mg

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

Questions about this product

How many calories are in Hostess, Cup Cakes, Frosted Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling?

160 per 1 cake (45g) serving, and 356 per 100 g.

How much sodium is in Hostess, Cup Cakes, Frosted Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling?

210mg per serving (9% 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 Jul 24, 2018. 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