Kroger NOVA 4

Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce

Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce by Kroger has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce sits nationally

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

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
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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

Ingredients: enriched long grain rice (rice, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), enriched vermicelli (durum semolina [niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), corn starch, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed corn protein, spices, onion* and garlic*, partially hydrolyzed cottonseed and soybean oil, carrot*, corn syrup*, lactose, maltodextrin, sodium caseinate, whey, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), xanthan and guar gums, parsley*, turmeric (for color), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylante, disodium phosphate, *dehydrated

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce: 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

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110019981
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

How does Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.3/5 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 4.3/5 average places Chicken Flavored Rice / Sauce in 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.