Meijer Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch

Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch: 3/5 ingredient safety

Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch by Meijer has 1 tracked ingredient, 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 E.

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

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How This Score Is Built

Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

Sugar, cornstarch, dextrose, contains 2% or less of salt, artificial flavor, caramel color, partially hydrogenated soybean oil with bha (preservative), calcium carrageenan (vegetable gum-thickener), mono - and diglycerides (emulsifier-for uniform dispersion), yellow #6, yellow #5, red #40.

Product Details

Brand
Meijer
Barcode
0041250854135
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Meijer

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Frequently asked questions

Is Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3/5 average places Meijer, pudding & pie filling, butterscotch 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.