Kashi Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars

Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars: 4/5 ingredient safety

Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars by Kashi 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. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip 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 Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars 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
C
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

Apple Puree Concentrate, Kashi Seven Whole Grain Flour (Whole: Oats, Hard Red Wheat, Rye, Brown Rice, Triticale, Barley, Buckwheat), Invert Cane Syrup, Dried Pumpkin, Rice Flour, Gum Arabic, Banana Puree, Vegetable Glycerin, Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Semisweet Chocolate (Dried Cane Syrup, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla, Milk), Cracked Grain Flour (Rye Flakes, Wheat Bran, Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour, Whole Oats, Barley Flakes, Yellow Corn Meal, Millet, Brown Rice Flour), Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Brown Rice Syrup, Whole Wheat Flour, Banana Powder, Soy Protein Isolate, Dried Cane Syrup, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Potassium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate), Rice Starch, Salt, Natural Flavors, Soy Lecithin, Walnuts, Peanuts, Almond Flour, Egg.

Product Details

Brand
Kashi
Barcode
0018627571872
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars 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 Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Kashi, Banana Chocolate Chip Bars's 4/5 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.