Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits
Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits by Kroger has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits 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 Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN GRITS, DEHYDRATED CHEESE POWDER, (MODIFIED WHEY, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN, COCONUT AND/OR COTTONSEED], SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT AND ENZYMES], MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, FERRIC PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, BHA AND CITRIC ACID (AS PRESERVATIVES), NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, WHEY, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), SODIUM CASEINATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP, SOLIDS, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110666710
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits rank on ingredient safety?
Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits scores 3.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cheddar Cheese Instant Grits's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, 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.