Kroger Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

Original Roasted Chicken Wings

Original Roasted Chicken Wings: 3.2/5 ingredient safety

Original Roasted Chicken Wings by Kroger has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.2 out of 5, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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 Original Roasted Chicken Wings, 5 of its 5 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 Original Roasted Chicken Wings sits nationally

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

3.2 Top 93% higher than 7% 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

3.2
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
A
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

CHICKEN WING SECTIONS, WATER. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, DEHYDRATED ONION, CARRAGEENAN, YEAST EXTRACT, RICE FLOUR, SOY SAUCE POWDER (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), MALTODEXTRIN, CARAMEL COLOR, DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, GUAR GUM, DEXTROSE, FLAVOR, SMOKE FALVOR, REFINER'S SYRUP POWDER, BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES POWDER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER OIL, TURMERIC, DEHYDRATED BUTTER, SHORTENING POWDER (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE), EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND TURMERIC. BLANCHED IN VEGETABLE OIL.

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Original Roasted Chicken Wings: 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
Kroger
Barcode
0011110865014
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Original Roasted Chicken Wings rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.2/5, Original Roasted Chicken Wings sits behind 93% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.92 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Original Roasted Chicken Wings's 3.2/5 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 3.2/5 average places Original Roasted Chicken Wings in the Mixed Evidence 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.