Kellogg's Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel

Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel: 4/5 ingredient safety

Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel by Kellogg's has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Snacks / Cereals and potatoes / Sweet snacks / Cereals and their products / Bars / Cereal bars / es:barras-energeticas / es:snaks

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. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel have 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 Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel 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 8 tracked ingredients
8
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
7
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Soy protein isolate, sugar, soluble corn fiber, vegetable oil (palm and palm kernel oil with sorbitan tristearate, soybean and palm oil with tbhq for freshness), fructose, corn syrup, inulin, dextrose, cocoa processed with alkali, contains 2% or less of water, rice, whole grain wheat, molasses, glycerin, sorbitol, natural and artificial flavors, nonfat milk, salt, soy lecithin, wheat bran, caramel color, whey, soluble wheat fiber, malt flavor, xanthan gum, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5 lake, bht for freshness, blue 2 lake, almond flour, partially defatted peanut flour. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), vitamin e (alpha tocopherol acetate), niacinamide, zinc oxide, reduced iron, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride, thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b12, folic acid, vitamin d3.

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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel: 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

Barcode
0038000531101
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
Mexico,United States
Stores
Walmart,sams club,soriana

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Frequently asked questions

Is Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Protein meal bars, chocolate caramel's 4/5 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.