NOVA 4

skillet

skillet: 4.7/5 ingredient safety

skillet has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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 skillet, 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 skillet sits nationally

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

4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.7
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 4.7 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
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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

red skin potatoes, apples (apples, contains 2% or less of: water, ascorbic acid, citric ack, salt), water, honey granola (whole grain oats, brown sugar, soybean oil, honey, natural flavors), scrambled eggs (whole eggs, nonfat milk, skim milk, soybean oil, corn starch, food starch modified, sat, xanthan gum, citric acid, butter flavoring (maltodextrin, natural butter flavor, annatto, turmeric (color), white pepper), taco filling (beef, water, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color], seasoning (spices, salt, dehydrated onions, sugar, dried vinegar, flavoring], textured soy protein concentrate), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, color added (annatto), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor]), tomatoes (tomatoes, citric acid), dried cranberries (cranberries, sucrose, sunflower oil), applesauce (apples, water, cultured sugar), contains 2% or less of: brown sugar, lemon juice (filtered water, lemon juice concentrate, sodium bisulfite (preservative].

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for skillet: 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
0000166654555
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does skillet's safety score compare to other products?

skillet scores 4.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 82% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should skillet's 4.7/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. skillet's mapped ingredients average out to 4.7/5, 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.