Kroger Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Fruit flavored snacks

Fruit flavored snacks: 4.6/5 ingredient safety

Fruit flavored snacks by Kroger has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.6 out of 5, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries

How This Score Is Built

Fruit flavored snacks 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 Fruit flavored snacks sits nationally

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

4.6 Top 19% higher than 81% 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

4.6
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 4.6 out of 5
Based on 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
D
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, sugar, modified food starch (corn), apple juice concentrate, gelatin, citric acid, lactic acid, natural flavors, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), fruit and vegetable juices added for color (black carrot, purple carrot, blackcurrant, blueberry, purple sweet potato, cherry, radish), sodium lactate, coconut oil, sodium citrate, turmeric (color), carnauba wax, beta-carotene (color).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fruit flavored snacks: 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
Kroger
Barcode
0011110858337
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Fruit flavored snacks's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.6/5, Fruit flavored snacks sits ahead of 81% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.6/5 rating on Fruit flavored snacks?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Fruit flavored snacks's mapped ingredients average out to 4.6/5, which is 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.