Mounds Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars

Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars: 3/5 ingredient safety

Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars by Mounds 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. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • 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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars has 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 Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars 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
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 SYRUP; SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE [CHOCOLATE; SUGAR; COCOA; MILK FAT; COCOA BUTTER; LECITHIN (SOY); PGPR (EMULSIFIER); VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR); MILK]; COCONUT; SUGAR; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT; HYDROLYZED MILK PROTEIN; SODIUM METABISULFITE (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).

Product Details

Brand
Mounds
Barcode
0034000013142
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars rank on ingredient safety?

Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars scores 3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 98% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3/5 rating on Dark Chocolate & Coconut Bars?

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