Gerber NOVA 4

Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple

Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple: 4/5 ingredient safety

Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple by Gerber has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 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

How This Score Is Built

Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple 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). 2 of its 2 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 Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

RICE FLOUR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, CANE SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, NATURAL STRAWBERRY APPLE FLAVOR (INCLUDES STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE AND ACETIC ACID), DRIED APPLE PUREE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: CHOLINE BITARTRATE, IRON (ELECTROLYTIC), VITAMIN E (ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE), NIACINAMIDE (A B VITAMIN), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Product Details

Brand
Gerber
Barcode
0015000045203
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States,Vietnam,World

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Frequently asked questions

Is Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Grain & Grow Puffs Strawberry Apple's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.