Nestle NOVA 4

Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey

Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey: 4/5 ingredient safety

Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey by Nestle has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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

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. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey have 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 Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 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

wheat flour, honey, potassium phosphate, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), iron (ferrous fumarate), vanillin (artificial flavor), zinc sulfate, vitamin E (alpha tocopheryl acetate), niacinamide, B. lactis cultures, vitamin B5 (calcium pantothenate), vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin A acetate, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), folic acid, biotin, vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin)

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey: 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
Nestle
Barcode
0028000001650
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey's safety score compare to other products?

Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey 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 does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Nestle nestum cereal wheat and honey's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.