Spring fudge iced brownies
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Product Insight: Spring fudge iced brownies
Spring fudge iced brownies by Bakery Fresh Goodness, The Kroger Co. is tracked in PlainIngredients with 2 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.5 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is E, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
- Titanium Dioxide — Safety score: 2/5
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
Brownie - bleached enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, soybean oil, cocoa processed with alkali, eggs, egg white. contains 2% or less of: salt, baking soda, corn starch, artificial flavors, nonfat milk, soy lecithin. icing - sugar, water, cocoa (treated with alkali), corn syrup, vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60). contains 2% or less of: salt, dextrose, corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, emulsifiers (sorbitan monostearate, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60). quins - sugar, cornstarch, rice flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable shortening (soybean, cottonseed), gum arabic, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavor, mono - and diglycerides, titanium dioxide (color), red 3, yellow 5, yellow 6, blue 1 lake, blue 1.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0011110261045
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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