Nature Valley Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites

Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites: 4/5 ingredient safety

Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites by Nature Valley has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products

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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites has 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 Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Whole grain oats, whole wheat flour, sugar, canola oil, tapioca syrup, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), vegetable glycerin, chicory root extract, palm kernel and palm oils, brown rice flour, whole corn flour, raisin juice concentrate, molasses, wheat starch, cocoa, baking soda, salt, gum arabic, egg white, soy lecithin, milk, natural flavor, oil of rosemary.

Product Details

Barcode
0016000514157
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

Find Products

Frequently asked questions

Where does Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Nature Valley Backpacker Chocolate Chip Chewy Oatmeal Bites's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.