Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa
Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa by Nestle has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Beverages / Hot beverages / Plant-based beverages / Chocolate-beverage / Hot-coco / Hot-cocoa
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 Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa, 3 of its 3 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 Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa 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
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DAIRY PRODUCT SOLIDS, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT AND/OR PALM KERNEL AND/OR SOYBEAN), COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, AND LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SUCRALOSE. CONTAINS: MILK INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN SOY AND WHEAT. INGREDIENTES: AZÚCAR, SÓLIDOS DE JARABE DE MAÍZ, SÓLIDOS DE PRODUCTOS LACTEOS, ACEITE VEGETAL HIDROGENADO (DE COCO 0 PALMISTE O SOJA), CACAO PROCESADO CON ALCALI; Y MENOS DE 2 % DE SAL, GOMA DE CELULOSA, CASEINATO DE SODIO, FOSFATO BIPOTÁSICO, ALUMINOSILICATO DE SODIO, MONO Y DIGLICERIDOS, GOMA GUAR, SABOR ARTIFICIAL, SUCRALOSA. CONTIENE: INGREDIENTES DE LECHE. PUEDE CONTENER SOYA Y TRIGO.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa: 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: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Nestle
- Barcode
- 0005000039758
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa above or below average on ingredient safety?
Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa 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.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Rich Milk Chocolate Cocoa'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.