Count chocula mini treats

Count chocula mini treats: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Count chocula mini treats by General Mills has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Count chocula mini treats 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 Count chocula mini treats sits nationally

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

3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
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

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Count chocula mini treats: 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
0016000182073
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Count chocula mini treats rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Count chocula mini treats sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Count chocula mini treats?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Count chocula mini treats's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, 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.