Fruit & grain cereal bars
Fruit & grain cereal bars by Kroger has 18 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Bars / Cereal bars / Fruits cereal bars / Apple cereal bars / Cereal bar with fruits fortified with vitamins and minerals
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 18 of 18 ingredients tracked for Fruit & grain cereal bars have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Fruit & grain cereal bars sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Apple and cinnamon filling (sugar, apple puree (apples, ascorbic acid, potassium sorbate), glycerin, corn syrup, maltodextrin, polydextrose, water, apple powder, pectin, cinnamon, xanthan gum, sodium alginate, sodium citrate, mono & diglycerides, citric acid malic acid, dicalcium phosphate, natural flavor), whole oat flour, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola and/or soybean oil, whole wheat flour, soluble corn fiber, invert sugar, whole rolled oat, sugar, fructose, molasses, whey powder, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), sodium bicarbonate, cellulose gum, honey, salt, guar gum, soy lecithin, sodium propionate, wheat gluten, liquid whole eggs, natural flavor, caramel color, annatto (for color), vitamin a palmitate, calcium carbonate, niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine hydrochlori
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fruit & grain cereal bars: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.1/5.
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- Organic, Infant Formula With Iron Milk-Based Powder Δ 0.0 pts · Earth's Best, Earth's Best Organic 4.1/523 additives
- Baby Gentle Premium Δ 0.0 pts · H-E-B 4.1/522 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 18.
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- 0016500579793 Δ 0 additives · One A Day 18additives · 3.9/5
- Creamy vanilla shake mix Δ 0 additives 18additives · 3.9/5
- Kuddles, pediatric drink, vanilla with fiber Δ 0 additives 18additives · 3.9/5
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110869845
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Fruit & grain cereal bars rank on ingredient safety?
Fruit & grain cereal bars scores 4.1 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 58% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Fruit & grain cereal bars?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.1/5 average places Fruit & grain cereal bars in 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.