Instant hot cocoa mix
Instant hot cocoa mix by Food Club has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Dehydrated beverages
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Instant hot cocoa mix 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 Instant hot cocoa mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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
Nonfat milk, *dairy product solids, cocoa (processed with alkali), *maltodextrin, contains 2% or less of: salt, tricalcium phosphate, aspartame, carrageenan, *dextrin, artificial flavor.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Instant hot cocoa mix: 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: 3.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Food Club
- Barcode
- 0036800966727
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Instant hot cocoa mix rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.5/5, Instant hot cocoa mix sits behind 91% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Instant hot cocoa mix's 3.5/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Instant hot cocoa mix's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.