Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets
Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets by Quaker has 6 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 E.
- 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 / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products
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 Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets, 6 of its 6 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 Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
Specially processed degerminated white corn grits, salt, maltodextrin, sunflower oil, vegetable oil (palm kernel and palm oil), rice flour, calcium carbonate, whey, sodium caseinate, oat fiber, natural flavor, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, hydrogenated palm oil, annatto (color), nonfat milk, reduced iron, turmeric (color), niacinamide*, bht and citric acid ( preservatives), thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, beta carotene (color), folic acid*. *one of the b vitamins.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Quaker
- Barcode
- 0030000037904
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets rank on ingredient safety?
Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Quaker Instant Grits Butter (12 - 1 Ounce) 12 Ounce 12 Pack Packets'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.