Kroger NOVA 4

Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts

Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts by Kroger has 14 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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 Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts, 14 of its 14 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 Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts sits nationally

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

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 14 tracked ingredients
14
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
12
Low Risk / Safe
--
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 flour, wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, sugar, palm oil, soybean oil, defatted soy flour, leavening, baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, glucono delta lactone, dextrose, wheat starch, milk protein concentrate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, sodium propionate, salt, mono - and diglycerides, toasted wheat germ, lactose, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, cellulose gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, annatto and turmeric extract, karaya gum, eggs, powdered sugar coating, dextrose, modified corn starch, palm oil, titanium dioxide, calcium propionate, artificial flavor, chocolate coating, sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat dry milk, soy lecithin, artificial flavor

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts: 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
0011110005984
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts's safety score compare to other products?

Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 3.9/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Powdered Sugar, Plain & Chocolate Coated Cake Donuts's 3.9/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.