NIDO Kinder
NIDO Kinder by Nestle has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 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
Beverages and beverages preparations / Beverages / Dairies / Milks (liquid and powder) / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Dehydrated beverages / Milk powders
How This Score Is Built
NIDO Kinder draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 7 of its 7 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where NIDO Kinder sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
DRIED SWEET WHEY, NONFAT MILK, REDUCED MINERALS, MILKFAT, PREBIOTICS (FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES, INULIN), 2% OR LESS OF CALCIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID, LACTOBACILUS RHAMNOSUS (PROBIOTIC), FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM ASCORBATE (VITAMIN C), ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), VITAMIN A ACETATE, PHYLLOQUINONE (VITAMIN K), SODIUM SELENATE, CHOLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D3), CONTAINS: MILK, SOY
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for NIDO Kinder: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.1/5.
- Organic® Infant Powder Formula with Iron Δ 0.0 pts · Earth's Best 4.1/527 additives
- Organic Gentle Infant Formula with Iron Δ 0.0 pts · Earth's Best 4.1/524 additives
- Organic, Infant Formula With Iron Milk-Based Powder Δ 0.0 pts · Earth's Best, Earth's Best Organic 4.1/523 additives
- Baby Gentle Premium Δ 0.0 pts · H-E-B 4.1/522 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
- Deli Shaved Turkey Breast Δ 0 additives · Black Forest, Bars 7additives · 3.1/5
- Cooked pastrami Δ 0 additives 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli style thin sliced Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli Thin-Sliced Black Forest Ham Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
Product Details
- Brand
- Nestle
- Barcode
- 0028000729707
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is NIDO Kinder above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, NIDO Kinder's 4.1/5 average puts it in the safer 58%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should NIDO Kinder's 4.1/5 score be read?
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 4.1/5 average places NIDO Kinder 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.