Sanders NOVA 4

Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels

Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels: 3/5 ingredient safety

Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels by Sanders 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

How This Score Is Built

Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels 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 Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
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

Dairy Free Caramel, Coconut Cream, Coconut Kernel Extract, Water, Rice Syrup, Cane Sugar, Carrageenan, Bittersweet Chocolate, Fair Trade Chocolate Liquor, Fair Trade Cocoa Butter, Fair Trade Cane Sugar, Fair Trade Vanilla Extract, Sea Salt, Tree Nuts, Coconut

Product Details

Brand
Sanders
Barcode
0035900312199
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels'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 Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels's 3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Dairy Free Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels's mapped ingredients average out to 3/5, which is 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.