Food Lion Nutri-Score A NOVA 1

Sliced Water Chestnuts

Sliced Water Chestnuts: 5/5 ingredient safety

Sliced Water Chestnuts by Food Lion 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 A.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 1

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetable-based foods and beverages / Canned foods / Vegetables based foods / Canned plant-based foods / Nuts and their prod

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 Sliced Water Chestnuts, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Sliced Water Chestnuts 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

1
NOVA Group 1
Unprocessed or minimally processed

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods are whole foods that have been altered only by removal of inedible parts, drying, crushing, filtering, or pasteurization.

Full Ingredients List

WATER CHESTNUTS, WATER, CITRIC ACID.

Product Details

Barcode
0035826202192
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
1 — Unprocessed or minimally processed
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Sliced Water Chestnuts above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Sliced Water Chestnuts 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.

How should Sliced Water Chestnuts's 5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sliced Water Chestnuts'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.