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Hostess, Sno Balls, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling

One cake (50g) serving of Hostess, Sno Balls, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling has 170 calories, 21g of sugars and 180mg of sodium, as submitted by Hostess Brands, LLC to USDA (FoodData Central 1496867, record updated Nov 2, 2018).

Nutrition Facts

Serving size1 cake (50g)
Amount per serving
Calories170
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g6%
Saturated Fat 3g15%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 180mg8%
Total Carbohydrate 29g11%
Dietary Fiber 1g4%
Total Sugars 21g
Includes Added Sugars not declared
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin D not declared
Calcium 0mg0%
Iron 0.7mg4%
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 50g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.

0888109111304
UPC
888109111304
Category
Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes
Records
3 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 80% of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 73% of them.

Where the calories come from: 69% carbohydrate, 27% fat and 5% 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: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 gSugar per 100 g across 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products8 g51 gmedian 32 gThis product: 42 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, Sno Balls, 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 sugars42 g31.8 g80%
Sodium360 mg289 mg73%
Protein4 g3.7 g57%
Calories34038623%

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

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): SUGAR, WATER, CORN SYRUP, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], COCONUT, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SHORTENING (BEEF TALLOW, HYDROGENATED BEEF TALLOW, COTTONSEED OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, POLYSORBATE 60, SOY LECITHIN), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: PALM OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), GLYCERIN, SOYBEAN OIL, GELATIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, WHEY, EGGS, SUCROSE, EGG WHITES, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SORBIC ACID AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), CALCIUM CARBONATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, AGAR, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, ENZYMES, CELLULOSE GUM. COATING CONTAINS: PINK (CARMINE, RED 40 LAKE).

The statement lists 33 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sugar, Water, Corn Syrup. 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 2, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Hostess Brands, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1496867).

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, Sno Balls, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling?

170 per 1 cake (50g) serving, and 340 per 100 g.

How much sodium is in Hostess, Sno Balls, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Filling?

180mg per serving (8% 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 2, 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