Shoprite NOVA 4

Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon

Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon by Shoprite has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon 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). 8 of its 8 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 & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon sits nationally

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

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 8 tracked ingredients
8
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Filling (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, sugar, apple puree concentrate, glycerin, maltodextrin, sodium alginate, modified corn starch, methylcellulose, cinnamon, malic acid, monocalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, citric acid), whole wheat flour, whole grain rolled oats, enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil blend (canola, palm and palm kernel oils, tbhq), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, glycerin, contains less than 2% of the following: nonfat dry milk, calcium carbonate, soluble corn fiber, honey, wheat bran, salt, sorbitan monostearate, wheat gluten, leavening (potassium bicarbonate), natural and artificial vanilla flavor, cinnamon, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), dicalcium phosphate, reduced iron, zinc oxide, riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), folic acid, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), s

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon: 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
0041190032891
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon's safety score compare to other products?

Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.9/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Fruit & Grain Bars, Apple Cinnamon's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, 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.