Skittles Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Wild Berry Skittles

Wild Berry Skittles: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Wild Berry Skittles by Skittles 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. Its Nutri-Score is E.

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

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries / Candies

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 Wild Berry Skittles, 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 Wild Berry Skittles 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
E
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

sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, less than 2% of: citric acid, tapioca dextrin, modified corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, sodium citrate, colors (red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, yellow 5 lake, blue 1 lake, titanium dioxide, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1), carnauba wax,

Product Details

Barcode
0022000279729
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Wild Berry Skittles's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Wild Berry Skittles sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Wild Berry Skittles's 4.5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Wild Berry Skittles'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.