Quaker Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili

Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili by Quaker has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Salty snacks / Appetizers / Chips and fries / Crisps

How This Score Is Built

Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
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

Whole grain brown rice flour, corn grits, vegetable oil (canola and/or sunflower oil), corn maltodextrin, salt, potassium salt, whey, natural flavors, jalapeño pepper, onion powder, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), spices, yeast extract, sugar, garlic powder, vinegar, skim milk, buttermilk, paprika extract (color), annatto extract (color), tocopherols (to preserve freshness).

Product Details

Brand
Quaker
Barcode
0030000577912
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Rice Crisps Sweet and Spicy Chili's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.