Chocolate flavor
Chocolate flavor by Nestlé Nesquik 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.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages and beverages preparations / Beverages / Cocoa and its products / Beverage preparations / Cocoa and chocolate powders / Instant beverages / Instant chocolate powders
How This Score Is Built
Chocolate flavor 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 flavor 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
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
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
sugar, cocoa processed with alkali, less than 2%of soy lecithin, carrageenan, salt, natural flavor, spice, contains: soy, may contain milk and wheat,
Product Details
- Brand
- Nestlé Nesquik
- Barcode
- 0028000708801
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chocolate flavor above or below average on ingredient safety?
Chocolate flavor scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chocolate flavor's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.