FiberOne NOVA 4

Chocolate Donuts

Chocolate Donuts: 4.4/5 ingredient safety

Chocolate Donuts by FiberOne has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Chocolate Donuts 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). 5 of its 5 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 Chocolate Donuts sits nationally

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

4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

4.4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.4 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
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

Wheat Flour Bleached, Chicory Root Extract, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Polydextrose, Sugar, Candy Pieces, Lowfat Cocoa Powder, Dried Egg White, Wheat Starch, Whey, Whole Egg Powder, Corn Starch, Rice Syrup, Grape Juice, Potato Starch, Milk Powder, Salt, Carrot Fiber, Leavening, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum, Enzymes, Locust Bean Gum, Shea Butter

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chocolate Donuts: 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
0016000222670
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Chocolate Donuts rank on ingredient safety?

Chocolate Donuts scores 4.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 69% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Chocolate Donuts's 4.4/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Chocolate Donuts's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, 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.