Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar
Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar by Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc. has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products
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 Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar, 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 Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Whole grain steel cut oats, sugar, oat hull fiber (contains tocopherols), brown sugar, natural flavor, salt, calcium carbonate (thickener), guar gum, ferric phosphate (iron), niacinamide, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid, caramel color.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc.
- Barcode
- 0018894108030
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar above or below average on ingredient safety?
Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar's 3.9/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Maple & brown sugar steel cut instant oatmeal, maple & brown sugar's 3.9/5 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.