Natrel Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Chocolate Milk

Chocolate Milk: 3/5 ingredient safety

Chocolate Milk by Natrel has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score 1.12 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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Chocolate Milk 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 Chocolate Milk 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
A
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

REDUCED FAT MILK, SUGAR, DUTCH COCOA, SALT, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CORNSTARCH, CARRAGEENAN, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL VANILLA, VITAMIN A PALMITATE AND VITAMIN D3.

Product Details

Brand
Natrel
Barcode
0024321930808
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Chocolate Milk rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chocolate Milk's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Chocolate Milk's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chocolate Milk'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.