Shoprite Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal

Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal by Shoprite has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products

How This Score Is Built

Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal 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). 9 of its 9 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 Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal sits nationally

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

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 9 tracked ingredients
9
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
8
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

Corn meal, sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed and rapeseed oil), salt), dextrose, modified wheat starch, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (cottonseed or canola), salt, cocoa, calcium carbonate, artificial flavor, trisodium phosphate, dicalcium phosphate, caramel color, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), zinc oxide, reduced iron, niacinamide, fied 40, yellow 5, bht (a preservative), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin a palmitate, blue 1, folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal: 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
0041190045587
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.9/5, Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal sits behind 81% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cocoa peanut butter treats sweetened corn cereal's 3.9/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.