Meijer Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant

Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant: 3/5 ingredient safety

Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant by Meijer has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Desserts

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 pudding & pie filling instant, 2 of its 2 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 pudding & pie filling instant sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Sugar, modified food starch, disodium phosphate, contains 2% or less of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, salt, mono - and diglycerides (contains propyl gallate and citric acid as antioxidants), titanium dioxide (for color), natural and artificial flavoring, yell

Product Details

Brand
Meijer
Barcode
0041250691631
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3/5, Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant sits behind 98% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Vanilla pudding & pie filling instant's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.