Sour cream
Sour cream by Darigold 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
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. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Sour cream have 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 Sour cream 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
nutrition facts amount per serving total fat 6g seturated fat 3.59 trans fat og cholesterol 20mg sodlum s0mg vitamin d omag 0% calkiom 38mg 2% iron omg 0% potansium 47mg 29%-vitamin a 63mag 8% %dv amount per serving 8% total carbohydrate 29 dietary fiber og total sugars 2g indludes og addad sugars xdv 1% 0% 18% about 75 servings serving size 2 thep (about 30g) calories 7% 0% 2% protein 1g e eninn o 0 the % dally value (dv) talls you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes toa dally diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritdon advice. ngredients: cultured milk and cream, whey, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, carrageenan, caloum sulfate locust bean gum, guar gum, potassium sorbate (to protect freshness)
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sour cream: 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
- Darigold
- Barcode
- 0026400222408
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Sour cream's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Sour cream sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sour cream'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.