Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar
Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar by Nature Valley has 2 tracked ingredients, 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 E.
- 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
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 Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar, 2 of its 2 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 Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar 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
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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
Roasted peanuts, sugar, corn syrup, palm and palm kernel oil, whole grain oats, peanut butter (peanuts, salt), almonds, rice starch, rice flour, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), nonfat dry milk, fructose, peanut flour, vegetable glycerin, cocoa, peanut oil, tapioca syrup, salt, canola oil, soy lecithin, corn starch, barley malt extract, baking soda, natural flavor.
Product Details
- Brand
- Nature Valley
- Barcode
- 0016000515857
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar rank on ingredient safety?
Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Nature Valley Peanut Butter Chocolate Layered Granola Nut Bar'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.