Cap'n Crunch's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Capn crunch peanut butter

Capn crunch peanut butter: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Capn crunch peanut butter by Cap'n Crunch's has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Breakfasts / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Breakfast cereals

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Capn crunch peanut butter have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Capn crunch peanut butter sits nationally

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

3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% of 58,710 scored products

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

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

corn flour, sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated cottonseed and/or canola oil, salt), oat flour, rice flour, palm and/or coconut oil, salt, caramel color, corn maltodextrin, reduced iron, niacinamide, zinc oxide, soybean oil, bht (preservative), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid,

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Capn crunch peanut butter: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0030000065075
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
France,United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Capn crunch peanut butter rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Capn crunch peanut butter's 3.8/5 average puts it in the lower 84%, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.8/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Capn crunch peanut butter's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is the Low Risk 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.