Kroger NOVA 4

Original Cream Cheese Spread

Original Cream Cheese Spread: 5/5 ingredient safety

Original Cream Cheese Spread by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above 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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Original Cream Cheese Spread 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 Original Cream Cheese Spread sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

incd. 0g aded drpe noredients: pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt m gn citric acid, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, natamycin (a nat facts od 11 servings container sat. fat 4.5g trans fat 0g arb. 2g 23% fiber og total sugars 2 7% bsp. (30g) sodium 110mg 5% protein 29 calories 70 vitamin d 0% calcium 2% kon 0% prte wning old nhibitor contains: milk dstributed by the kroger co. oncinnati, ohio 45202 quality guarante 800-632-6900 • www.in

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110862365
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

How does Original Cream Cheese Spread's safety score compare to other products?

Original Cream Cheese Spread scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Original Cream Cheese Spread's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Cream Cheese Spread's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.