Schnucks Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry

Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry by Schnucks 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. Its Nutri-Score is D, 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

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How This Score Is Built

Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry 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 cereal bars, strawberry 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
D
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, strawberry puree concentrate, sugar, glycerin, maltodextrin, sodium alginate, modified corn starch, methylcellulose, citric acid, monocalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, malic acid, red 40, natural and artificial flavors, blue 2), 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, natural and artificial vanilla flavor, leavening (potassium bicarbonate), wheat gluten, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), reduced iron, dicalcium phosphate, zinc oxide, riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin b1), folic acid

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry: 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
0004131827079
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry's 3.9/5 average puts it in the lower 81%, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry's 3.9/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Fruit & grain cereal bars, strawberry's 3.9/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.