Spartan NOVA 4

Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original

Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original by Spartan 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.

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

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How This Score Is Built

Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original 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 Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original 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
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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

Enriched bleached flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin folic acid), sugar, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), dextrose, soybean oil, salt, egg yolk, natural and aftificial flavor, calcium carbonate, corn starch, egg white, xanthan gum.

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213020464
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original'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 Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Spartan, complete pancake & waffle mix, original'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.