Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew

Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew by Starbucks has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew have 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 Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew sits nationally

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

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
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

cold Brew Starbucks coffee, reduced fat milk, sugar, pectin, cocoa extract, cream, natural flavors, sea salt, nitrogen

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew: 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
0012000204784
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew's 4.3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Dark Cocoa Sweet Cream Nitro Cold Brew's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.