Payday Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Peanut Caramel Bar

Peanut Caramel Bar: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

Peanut Caramel Bar by Payday has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries

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 Peanut Caramel Bar, 2 of its 2 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 Peanut Caramel Bar sits nationally

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

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
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

Peanuts; Sugar; Corn Syrup; Nonfat Milk; Palm Oil; Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt; Carrageenan; Mono And Diglycerides; Egg Whites; Soy Protein.

Product Details

Brand
Payday
Barcode
0034000870103
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States,World

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Peanut Caramel Bar rank on ingredient safety?

Peanut Caramel Bar scores 3.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Peanut Caramel Bar's 3.5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Peanut Caramel Bar's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is 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.