Hot Chocolate Liquid Base
Hot Chocolate Liquid Base by Swiss Miss Classics,Conagra Foods has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages / Snacks / Sweet snacks / Cocoa and its products / Chocolates / Chocolate-beverages / Hot-chocolate
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Hot Chocolate Liquid Base, 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Hot Chocolate Liquid Base sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), PALM OIL, LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, POTASSIUM, SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, HYDROXYLATED SOY LECITHIN, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, INVERT SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, CARAMEL COLOR.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Hot Chocolate Liquid Base: 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: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0027000219102
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Hot Chocolate Liquid Base above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hot Chocolate Liquid Base's 3.7/5 average puts it in the lower 87%, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Hot Chocolate Liquid Base's 3.7/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hot Chocolate Liquid Base's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, 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.