Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Kroger, white christmas cake

Kroger, white christmas cake: 3.3/5 ingredient safety

Kroger, white christmas cake has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.3 out of 5, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.82 points below 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

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Kroger, white christmas cake, 9 of its 9 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Kroger, white christmas cake sits nationally

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

3.3 Top 93% higher than 7% 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

3.3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.3 out of 5
Based on 9 tracked ingredients
9
Tracked Ingredients
2
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
2 ingredients 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

Cake-sugar, enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, egg whites, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of nonfat milk, salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), vital wheat gluten, sorbitan monostearate, mono - & diglycerides, polysorbate 60, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, artificial & natural flavors, soy lecithin. white icing - sugar, vegetable shortening (interesterified soybean oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), corn syrup, water, contains less than 2% of salt, citric acid, cornstarch, natural and artificial flavor, dextrose, titanium dioxide (for color), potassium sorbate (preservative), chocolate icing also contains-cocoa processed with alkali, caramel color, polysorbate 80, colored icing also contains-shortening [palm oil, canola and/or soybean oil, mono and diglycerides,

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Kroger, white christmas cake: 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

Barcode
0011110653888
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Kroger, white christmas cake above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Kroger, white christmas cake's 3.3/5 average puts it in the lower 93%, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Kroger, white christmas cake's mapped ingredients average out to 3.3/5, which is 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.