Giant Eagle Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted

Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted by Giant Eagle has 7 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. Its Nutri-Score is E.

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

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Biscuits and crackers / Biscuits

How This Score Is Built

Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted 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). 7 of its 7 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 Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted 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 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
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

Sugar, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Margarine (Palm Oil, Water, Soybean Oil, Salt, Contains Less Than 2% Of Whey Solids, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Bha & Bht Added To Protect Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate And Vitamin D3 Added, Natural & Artificial Flavor), Water, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Palm & Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin, Dextrin, Confectioner'S Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 3, Blue 1, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Dry Milk, Rice Flour, Glycerin, Tapioca Starch, Dried Glucose Syrup, Gum Arabic, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Artificial Flavor, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40, Vanilla, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Citric Acid (Preservative), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Carrageenan Gum, Guar Gum, Eggs, Salt.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted: 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
0030034936587
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted rank on ingredient safety?

Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted's 4.3/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Frosted Sugar Cookies, Frosted'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.