KitKat
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for KitKat, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
KitKat averages 93.9/100 across the 104 of 238 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 15.4% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 93.9/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 104 scored products
- 238
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 15.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 100%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 238 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Kitkat mocha chocolate; Kitkat apple pie; KitKat Churro; 15.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 93.9/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 104 of 238 tracked KitKat records (43.7%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 134 cannot be screened, so the 93.9/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About KitKat
KitKat: 238 products tracked, 104 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 93.9/100, 15.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 43.7% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), KitKat's 15.4% flagged share is 2.6 points below that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
KitKat processing intensity
KitKat's NOVA-classified set is 103 products: 100% ultra-processed (Group 4, 103 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 103. That ultra-processed share sits 21.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
- G1
- 0
- G2
- 0
- G3
- 0
- G4 ultra
- 103 (100%)
Shelf mix
Where KitKat shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, KitKat concentrates in Snacks (100, 97% of this top-five); Desserts (2); Frozen-desert (1).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks | 82 | 94.7/100 | 13.4% |
| Desserts | 2 | 97.5/100 | 50% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
KitKat's 15.4% flagged share is measured across 104 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
KitKat flagged share vs large-brand cohort
15.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
15% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (93.9/100) summarizes 104 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
KitKat product score distribution
Brand average 93.9/100 across 104 scored products
94 14th percentile sits above 14% of the 104 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 10–20
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 50–60
- 3 scored products (3%)
- 70–80
- 8 scored products (8%)
- 90–100
- 2 scored products (2%)
- 100 and above
- 88 scored products (85%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
KitKat relies most on Yellow 5, an industry staple
Across the 104 KitKat products scored here, Yellow 5 appears in 8. It is used by 2,320 other brands in this database (6.6% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | KitKat products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow 5 | 8 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 7 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 5 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 2 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 1 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted KitKat records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (21 ingredients and 100/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 21 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Kitkat mocha chocolate, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Kitkat mocha chocolate: 30 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Kitkat apple pie: 25 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- KitKat Churro: 24 resolved ingredients, 10/100, 4 flagged.
- Mint + Dark Chocolate Crisp Wafers In Mint Creme + Dark Chocolate Duos King Size Bars , Mint + Dark Chocolate: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Mint Creme + Dark Chocolate Duos, Mint + Dark Chocolate: 28 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Kit-Kat Blueberry Muffin Flavor: 26 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Miniatures Lemon Crisp Wafers, Lemon: 22 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Miniatures Crisp Wafers In Lemon Flavored White Creme, Lemon Crisp: 22 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Ghost Toast KitKat: 22 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Key Lime Pie: 28 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Kit Kat: 24 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Raspberry Flavored White Creme Miniatures, Raspberry + Creme: 22 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers Minis, Strawberry: 24 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Kit kat duo Strawberry Dark Chocolate king size: 25 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Sweet And Salty Snack Mix With Kit Kat Minis, Pretzels, Chocolate Wafer Bites, And Honey Roasted Almonds, Sweet And Salty: 38 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Light Ice Cream: 43 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate Minis: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers 'N Creme, Red Velvet: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers 'N Creme: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers, Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate Miniatures: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Miniatures Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 16 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Miniatures, Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate, Miniatures: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kitkat, Miniatures Crisp Wafers: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Miniatures, Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White Crisp Wafers 'N Creme: 24 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Breaking Bones: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- KitKat: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Chocolate Wafers And Chocolate Creme In Milk Chocolate, Triple Chocolate: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- KitKat: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kitkat, Crisp Wafers In Dark Chocolate: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kit Kat Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 21 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Dark Chocolate, Dark: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- KitKat minis: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Minis Unwrapped Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers 'N Creme White Minis: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Kitkat, Minis White Unwrapped Crisp Wafers 'N Creme: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Minis Crisp Wafer 'N Creme, White: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- kitkat dark chocolate: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate Miniatures, Milk Chocolate: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Miniatures Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate, White Creme & Mildly Sweet Drak Chocolate: 25 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Assorted Miniatures Milk Chocolate: 26 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Miniatures Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Holiday KitKats: 18 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Crisp Wafers In Milk Chocolate: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by KitKat
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 188 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for KitKat: closest on tracked product count (238 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (93.9/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is KitKat food safe? ▼
KitKat has an average safety score of 94/100 across the 104 of 238 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 15.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many KitKat products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 238 KitKat products. 104 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 134 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the KitKat catalog? ▼
KitKat has 103 NOVA-classified products; 100% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 103 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the KitKat catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, KitKat concentrates in Snacks (100, 97% of this top-five); Desserts (2); Frozen-desert (1).
Does KitKat use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which KitKat items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this KitKat profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Kitkat mocha chocolate, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Yellow 5 appears in 8 scored KitKat products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare KitKat's 93.9/100 average and 15.4% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
