Red Yeast Rice
Red Yeast Rice by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is NOT-APPLICABLE.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Red Yeast Rice 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 Red Yeast Rice sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
GELATIN (BOVINE). CONTAINS LESS THAN 2 PERCENT OF RICE POWDER, SILICON DIOXIDE, VEGETABLE MAGNESIUM STEARATE
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0041260354175
- Nutri-Score
- Grade NOT-APPLICABLE
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Red Yeast Rice rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Red Yeast Rice sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Red Yeast Rice's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.