Kroger NOVA 4

Mini Muffins Celebration

Mini Muffins Celebration: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Mini Muffins Celebration by Kroger has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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 Mini Muffins Celebration, 6 of its 6 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 Mini Muffins Celebration sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
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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, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, soybean oil, eggs, invert sugar, modified corn starch, bleached wheat flour, corn starch, contains less than 2% of each of the following: glycerin, palm kernel and/or palm oil, whey, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), salt, propylene glycol mono - and diesters of fats and fatty acids, wheat gluten, sodium stearoyl lactylate, dextrose, natural and artificial flavor, potassium sorbate (preservative), emulsifier blend (water, sorbitan monostearate, polysorbate 60, mono - and diglycerides, phosphoric acid [preservative], sodium propionate [preservative]), sorbic acid (preservative), soy lecithin, nisin preparation (preservative), dextrin, mono-and diglycerides, confectioners glaze, propylene glycol, red 40 lake, yellow 6 lake, soy flour, carnauba wax, enzymes, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, red 3, red 40. contains: eggs, milk, soy, wheat.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mini Muffins Celebration: 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

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110092106
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Mini Muffins Celebration's safety score compare to other products?

Mini Muffins Celebration scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.3/5 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 4.3/5 average places Mini Muffins Celebration 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.