Caution

Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate

by Kroger

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110763044 · Kroger · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110763044 · Serving size 1 PACKET, MAKES 6-8 fl oz (21 g)

The verdict

Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate by Kroger scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Whey, Corn Syrup Solids. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 17 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0011110763044
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

10763044 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 17 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH French Onion Dip · ±0 BOOK-OFF …763044 · July 2026

8 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 10763044 · 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: French Onion Dip With Bacon · Nearest score peer is French Onion Dip With Bacon at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kroger, dutch hot cocoa m…85/1002. French Onion Dip With Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. French Onion Dip With Bac…85/1003. Popcorn Mini Bags: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Popcorn Mini Bags85/1004. BEEF SMOKED SAUSAGE: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. BEEF SMOKED SAUSAGE85/1005. Brownie Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Brownie Mix85/100
High-band neighbours for Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate (85/100) outside Kroger.
Chart values as text

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

Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate
85/100
French Onion Dip With Bacon
85/100
Popcorn Mini Bags
85/100
BEEF SMOKED SAUSAGE
85/100
Brownie Mix
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate scores 5.5 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate lists 17 ingredients on its label

17 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 17 (85th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 16,917 Beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 17 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, whey, corn syrup solids, cocoa processed with alkali, fructose, partially hydrogenated coconut oil, calcium carbonate, contains less than 2% of : sodium caseinate (milk derivative), salt carrageenan, dipotassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), soy lecithin, and sucralose

Other products containing Salt Carrageenan

Salt Carrageenan is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate

Neighbours outside Kroger with screening scores in the same high band as Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kroger; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Kroger, dutch hot cocoa mix, milk chocolate's 1 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 0011110763044: 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.