Tops Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter

Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter: 3.7/5 ingredient safety

Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter by Tops has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.42 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

Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter 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). 3 of its 3 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 Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter sits nationally

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

3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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

3.7
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
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

Chocolatey coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whole milk solids, nonfat dry milk solids, whey powder, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor), granola (whole grain rolled oats, sugar, soybean oil, honey, molasses, bht (preservative), whole grain brown rice flour), sugar, peanut butter flavored spread (roasted peanuts, sugar, palm oil, salt), corn syrup, palm kernel and palm oils, high fructose corn syrup, brown sugar, corn syrup solids, partially defatted peanut flour, glycerin, less than 2% of: nonfat dry milk, peanut oil, dried coconut, sorbitol, salt, dextrose, soy lecithin, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), caramel color, natural and artificial flavors, almond flour.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter: 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

Brand
Tops
Barcode
0007078447474
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Dipped chewy granola bars, peanut butter's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, 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.