DunkAroos

DunkAroos: 5/5 ingredient safety

DunkAroos by Betty Crocker has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

DunkAroos 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 DunkAroos sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

chocolate frosting with chocolate chips: sugar, high fructose corn syrup, palm oil, water, corn starch, cocoa (processed with alkali), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin, natural flavor), salt, distilled monoglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, citric acid, sodium acid pyrophosphate, dextrose, artificial flavor. freshness preserved by potassium sorbate. chocolate cookies: enriched flour (wheat flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), natural flavor, salt, baking soda, soy lecithin. contains milk, soy and wheat ingredients.

Product Details

Barcode
0016000129290
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does DunkAroos's safety score compare to other products?

DunkAroos scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; DunkAroos's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.