Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate
Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate by Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc. has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.62 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
Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate 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). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are 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 Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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
Nonfat milk, *dairy product solids, cocoa (processed with alkali), *maltodextrin, contains 2% or less of: salt, tricalcium phosphate, aspartame, carrageenan, *dextrin, artificial flavor.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Big Y, Big Y Foods Inc.
- Barcode
- 0018894966517
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Milk chocolate hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate's 3.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.