Croutons Caesar
Croutons Caesar by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Croutons Caesar, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Croutons Caesar sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, YEAST, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, GARLIC POWDER, WHEY, BUTTERMILK POWDER, ROMANO AND BLUE CHEESE (BLEND [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], BUTTERMILK, WHEY, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, CITRIC ACID, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SPICES, ANCHOVY EXTRACT, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, SPICE EXTRACTS, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO & TURMERIC (FOR COLOR), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID, TBHQ (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110099570
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Croutons Caesar rank on ingredient safety?
Croutons Caesar scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Croutons Caesar's 4/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places Croutons Caesar 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.