Mixed berry fruit & grain cereal bars, mixed berry

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Product Insight: Mixed berry fruit & grain cereal bars, mixed berry

Mixed berry fruit & grain cereal bars, mixed berry by Food Club, Topco Associates Inc. is tracked in PlainIngredients with 8 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.9 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is D, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 7 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.

Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.

Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 8 tracked ingredients
8
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Filling (high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, sugar, glycerin, blueberry puree concentrate, raspberry puree concentrate, strawberry puree concentrate, maltodextrin, sodium alginate, apple puree concentrate, modified corn starch, citric acid, methylcellulose, monocalcium phosphate, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, malic acid, red 40, blue 1), whole wheat flour, whole grain rolled oats, enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil blend (canola, palm and palm kernel oils, tbhq), high fructose corn syrup, sugar, glycerin, contains less than 2% of the following: nonfat dry milk, calcium carbonate, soluble corn fiber, honey, wheat bran, salt, sorbitan monostearate, leavening (potassium bicarbonate), wheat gluten, natural and artificial vanilla flavor, xanthan gum, reduced iron, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), dicalcium phosphate, z

Data Sources

  • Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
  • FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
  • EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008

Product Details

Barcode
0036800264762
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Data sourced from official EWG, FDA GRAS, and ingredient toxicology databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainIngredients Editorial

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