Kellogg's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares

Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares: 4/5 ingredient safety

Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares by Kellogg's 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 E.

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

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Biscuits and cakes / Cakes

How This Score Is Built

Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares 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 Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares 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
E
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

Toasted rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavor, niacinamide, reduced iron, vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, fructose, vegetable oil (soybean, palm, palm kernel and hydrogenated palm kernel oil with tbhq for freshness), corn syrup solids. contains 2% or less of vegetable glycerin, dextrose, nonfat milk, milk, gelatin, salt, natural and artificial flavors, cornstarch, soy lecithin, datem, acetylated monoglycerides, bht for freshness, yellow 5, red 40, yellow 6, blue 1, carnauba wax, blue 2.

Product Details

Barcode
0038000179938
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Kelloggs crispy marshmallow squares'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.