Giant Eagle Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Lava cake, chocolate

Lava cake, chocolate: 4/5 ingredient safety

Lava cake, chocolate by Giant Eagle has 4 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 D.

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

Desserts / Frozen foods / Frozen desserts

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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Lava cake, chocolate 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 Lava cake, chocolate 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 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Cream, liquid sugar (sugar, water), skim milk, chocolate fudge cake (wheat flour, sugar, butter, cocoa processed with alkali, soybean oil, cornstarch, natural flavor, soy lecithin, salt), fudge sauce (sugar, milk, cocoa, skim milk, chocolate liquor,butter, cornstarch, salt, soy lecithin, pectin, vanilla extract, baking soda, citric acid, xanthan gum), cocoa processed with alkali, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan, vanilla extract, annatto (color).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Lava cake, chocolate: 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
0003003409219
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Lava cake, chocolate above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Lava cake, chocolate'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 Lava cake, chocolate?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Lava cake, chocolate's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.