Funyuns Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Onion Flavored Rings

Onion Flavored Rings: 2/5 ingredient safety

Onion Flavored Rings by Funyuns has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Salty snacks / Appetizers / Chips and fries / Crisps

How This Score Is Built

Onion Flavored Rings 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Onion Flavored Rings sits nationally

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

ENRICHED CORN MEAL (CORN MEAL, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), VEGETABLE OIL (CORN, CANOLA, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL), SALT, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, CORN FLOUR, BUTTERMILK, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEXTROSE, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER. CONTAINS MILK INGREDIENTS.

Product Details

Brand
Funyuns
Barcode
0028400768207
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Onion Flavored Rings's safety score compare to other products?

Onion Flavored Rings scores 2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 100% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Onion Flavored Rings's 2/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Onion Flavored Rings's 2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Caution 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.