Fruit & Cream Variety Pack Instant Oatmeal
by Great Value
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Fruit & Cream Variety Pack Instant Oatmeal by Great Value receives a safety score of 75/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Fruit & Cream Variety Pack Instant Oatmeal by Great Value carries a composite safety score of 75/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Fruit & Cream Variety Pack Instant Oatmeal is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 75/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
20% 20% 0.34mg 20% 0.34mg 80mog dfe 20% 80mcg dfe 20% 80mcg dfe 20% 80mcg dfe 20p% (50mog folic acid) (50mcg folic acid) (50mcg folic acid) (50mcg folic acid) 8% 90mg vitamin be 0.34mg 20% 0.34mg 20% folate phosphorus 90mg magnesium 8% 90mg 8% 100mg 8% 25mg 6% 30mg 8% 25mg 6% 30mg 8% ngredients strawberries&cream: whole gran rolled oats, sugar, artacally flavored apple pieces (dried apples treated with citric acd and sodum sulfie to promote color retention, artificial flavor, red 40, creaming agent maltodextrin, vegetable oil isoybean oil andior coconut olandior canola oil andor sunflower ol whey, sodium caseinate ja milk derivative potassium phosphate, oat flour (whole), contains less than 2% of salt calcum carbonate asource of caloum matural and artificialflavors, guar gum, citric acid, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate nacnamde" pyrdone hiydrochloride itamnb riborlavin", thiamine mononitrate, folic acid. blueberries&cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar blueberry flavored and colored figs pieces (dried figs, dried corn syrup solids, modified food starch, sugar, dextrose, flavored bluberry juice concentrate glycerin natural flavor canola oil otric acd blue 2 lake red 40 lake), oat flour (whole), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil isoybean oil andior coconut oilandior canola olandior sunflower oil, whey, sodium caseinate ja milk dervatve, potassium phosphate), contains less than 2% of: salt, calcum carbonate asource of calcum, guar gum, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide“, natural flavor, pyridoxine hydrochloride nitamin briboflan thamine mononitrate folic acid". peaches&cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, flavored apple pieces (dried apples treated with sodiom sulftie to promote color retention, artificial flavor, citric acid, annatto [color), oat flour (whole), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable ol soybean oilandor coconut ol andior canola oil and/or sunflower oil), whey, sodiom caseinate (a milk dernátive, potassium phosphate), contains less thain 2% of salt, calcum carbonate a source of caloum, guar gum, ferric phosphate (a source of iron, artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide pirdoine hyorochlorde mtaminb rbofla thamine mononitrate", folic acid. bananas &cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, oat flour nhole creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil isoybean oil and/or coconut oil and/or cañola oil andor sunflower oll whey, sodium casenate ja milk dernatime potassium phosphate) contains less than 2% of: salt caloum carbonate a source of calcium, banana flake powder, guar gum ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamnapalmitate macinamde natural &artiricial flavor, pyridoxine hydrochloride mtamin b", riboflavin", hamine mononitrate folicacd."one of the b vitamins contains milk
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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