Kroger Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat

Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat: 3/5 ingredient safety

Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Seafood

How This Score Is Built

Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat 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 Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat sits nationally

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

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Alaska pollock, water, corn starch, sugar sorbitol, contains 2% or less of: natural and artificial flavor (extracts of blue crab, snow crab, lobster and alaska pollack), refined fish oil* (anchony, sardine), rice wine (water, rice, koji), egg whites, modified tapioca starch, sea salt, potassium chloride disodium inosivate, sodium pyrohosphate, soy lecithin, titanium dioxide (for color), carmine (for colo), canthaxanthin (for color).

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110970169
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Is Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Kroger, crab select, flake style imitation crab meat's 3/5 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.