Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix
Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix by Swiss Miss has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Dehydrated beverages
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 Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix 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 Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
Modified whey, nonfat milk, cocoa (processed with alkali), maltodextrin, hydrogenated coconut oil, calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, carrageenan, dipotassium phosphate, acesulfame potassium, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavors, sucralose.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix: 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: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Swiss Miss
- Barcode
- 0015700072882
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Milk chocolate flavor hot cocoa mix's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, 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.