Kroger NOVA 4

kroger ice cream

kroger ice cream: 3.7/5 ingredient safety

kroger ice cream by Kroger 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.

  • Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts

How This Score Is Built

kroger ice cream 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). 3 of its 3 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 ice cream 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

3.7
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

fructose corn syrup, whey protein concentrate, whey, brown sugar. butter (cream, salt), nonfat dry milk, maltodextrin, cellulose gel. mono - and diglycerides, cellulose gum, modified corn starch, carrageenan, natural and artificial flavor, salt, annatto (color). cookie s per container ize 2/3 cup (87g) r serving ries 200 % daily value* dough & chocolate flavored chips: unenriched wheat flour, chocolate 10% flavored flake (sugar, coconut oil, ed fat 4.5g 23% cocoa processed with alkali, butter oil, soy lecithin (emulsifier], natural flavor), margarine (palm oil, 6% soybean oil, water, salt, natural erol 15mg 115mg arbohydrate 32g ry fiber less than 1g sugars 21g dudes 17g added sugars 33% | sugar. powdered sugar (sugar, corn flavor [milk), soy lecithin 5% [emulsifier], vegetable mono - and 12% diglycerides, annatto [color], vitamin a palmitate added), 3% chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), brown starch), butter (cream, sal

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for kroger ice cream: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110505088
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does kroger ice cream's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, kroger ice cream's 3.7/5 average puts it in the lower 87%, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.7/5 rating on kroger ice cream?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; kroger ice cream's 3.7/5 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.