Hershey NOVA 4

Plant based oat chocolate confection

Plant based oat chocolate confection: 4/5 ingredient safety

Plant based oat chocolate confection by Hershey has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 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

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 Plant based oat chocolate confection 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 Plant based oat chocolate confection sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 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

Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Almonds, Oat Flour, Rice Flour, Lecithin (Soy), Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Natural Flavor

Product Details

Brand
Hershey
Barcode
0034000944552
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Plant based oat chocolate confection rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Plant based oat chocolate confection's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Plant based oat chocolate confection's 4/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Plant based oat chocolate confection's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.