Concern

Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets

by The Kroger Co.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110025838 · The Kroger Co.. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110025838

The verdict

Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets by The Kroger Co. scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Organic Rolled Oats, Sugar, Fruit Pieces. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 26 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0011110025838
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

60/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10025838 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Vitamin Liquid Water · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025838 · July 2026

12 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 10025838 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Vitamin Liquid Water Enhancer Orange Tangerine · Nearest score peer is Vitamin Liquid Water Enhancer Orange Tangerine at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberries & cream inst…60/1002. Vitamin Liquid Water Enhancer Orange Tangerine: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vitamin Liquid Water Enha…60/1003. Psst, chocolate fudge sandwich cookies: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Psst, chocolate fudge san…60/1004. Seasoned Salt: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Seasoned Salt60/1005. Classic Whip: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Classic Whip60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets (60/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets
60/100
Vitamin Liquid Water Enhancer Orange Tangerine
60/100
Psst, chocolate fudge sandwich cookies
60/100
Seasoned Salt
60/100
Classic Whip
60/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 26 (81st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Organic Rolled Oats
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Fruit Pieces
4
Apples
5
Artificial Flavor
6
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Flow Agent
8
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
9
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
10
Sodium Sulfite
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
11
Corn Syrup Solids Palm Cil Salt
12
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
13
Natur Icial Flavors
14
Sodium Case Phosp Mono-and Ciglicerides
15
Sodium Aluminosilicate
16
Ferric Orthophosphate
17
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
21
For Color
22
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Folic Acid. Rimative
25
Dipotassium Milk
26
Milk

Full Ingredient List

rolled oats, sugar, fruit pieces (dehydrated apples, artificial flavor, calcium stearate (flow agent), citric acid, red 40, sodium sulfite [to promote color retention), corn syrup solids palm cil salt, calcium carbonate, natur icial flavors, sodium case phosp mono-and ciglicerides, sodium aluminosilicate, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, riboflavin, titanium dioxide (for color), thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid. rimative), dipotassium milk, citric acid, contains: milk.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets

Neighbours outside The Kroger Co. near Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Kroger Co.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Strawberries & cream instant oatmeal packets's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110025838: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.