Hanover Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze

Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze: 3/5 ingredient safety

Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze by Hanover has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Undefined

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 Top 98% higher than 2% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

SWEET POTATOES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE (TO RETAIN COLOR), CANDIED SAUCE MIX PACKET: DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CELLULOSE GUM, CARAMEL COLOR.

Product Details

Brand
Hanover
Barcode
0028800130260
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

Find Products

Frequently asked questions

Is Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3/5 average places Candied Sweet Potatoes With Brown Sugar Glaze in the Mixed Evidence tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.