Kroger NOVA 4

Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber

Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber: 4/5 ingredient safety

Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber by Kroger has 10 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

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 Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber, 10 of its 10 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 Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
10
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

nghedents: water sugar, corn maltodextrin, canola oil w fber nonfat milk, less than 0.5% of: corn oil, natural and artificar concentrate short-chain fructligosaccharides, soy protein isolate phosphate, calcium carbonate, tuna oil, potassium phosphate, chole potassium chloride, magnesion phosphate, potassium citrate, calin chloride, salt, ascorbic acid, soy lecithin, monoglycerides, carrageenan potassium hydroxide, inositol, taurine, ferrous sulfate, di-alpha-tocopher manganese sulfate, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochlore acetate, l-carnitine, zinc sulfate, calcium pantothenate, niaciname riboflavin, lutein, cupric sulfate, vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, chrom loquinone vitamin d. vitamin b contains: milk, soy

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber: 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

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0041260005374
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber's 4/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Vanilla pediatric shake with fiber'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.