Hostess Iced Pumpkin CupCakes

Timeline

1. Jun 26, 2025

   Announced

   Hostess announced a change. Source: Manufacturer announcement.

2. Dec 31, 2027 · pending

   Company target

   Company-stated target date, not a verification.

Sources

• Current manufacturer ingredient list

  Hostess Iced Pumpkin CupCakes: ingredients (hostesscakes.com)

  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, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less: Pumpkin, Modified Cornstarch, Cornstarch, Egg, Whey, Mono And Diglycerides, Hydrogenated Tallow, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Egg White, Nonfat Dry Milk, Calcium Carbonate, Inulin, Salt, Calcium Sulfate, Defatted Soy Flour, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Fruit Juice Concentrate And Titanium Dioxide (Color), Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Dextrose, Sorbic Acid And Potassium Sorbate (To Retain Freshness), Cottonseed Oil, Agar, Glycerin, Red 40 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Cellulose Gum, Polysorbate 60, Enzymes, Monocalcium Phosphate, Guar Gum, Soy Lecithin, Locust Bean Gum, Fumaric Acid, Disodium Phosphate, Sunflower Oil, Calcium Caseinate, Sodium Caseinate, Soy Protein Isolate, Yellow 5, Yellow 6.

  hostesscakes.com

  Oct 4, 2026 · Verified ✓

• Manufacturer announcement

  The J.M. Smucker Co. announces commitment to remove FD&C colors from consumer food products

  Smucker, which owns Hostess, committed to remove FD&C colors from its consumer food products by the end of 2027.

  prnewswire.com

  Jun 26, 2025

• FDA / government source

  FDA: Tracking food industry pledges to remove petroleum-based food dyes

  fda.gov

  Sep 15, 2026