Mentos
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Mentos, 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
Mentos averages 58.2/100 across the 46 of 92 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 73.9% 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.
- 58.2/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 46 scored products
- 92
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 73.9%
- 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 92 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Pure Fresh; Mentos Pure Fresh Gum Spearmint; Pure Fresh Winter Edition Spearmint; 73.9% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 58.2/100. 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 46 of 92 tracked Mentos records (50%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 46 cannot be screened, so the 58.2/100 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 Mentos
Mentos: 92 products tracked, 46 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 58.2/100, 73.9% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 50% 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 →
Processing mix (NOVA)
Mentos processing intensity
Mentos's NOVA-classified set is 44 products: 100% ultra-processed (Group 4, 44 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 44. 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
- 44 (100%)
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (58.2/100) summarizes 46 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.
Mentos product score distribution
Brand average 58.2/100 across 46 scored products
58 47th percentile sits above 47% of the 46 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
- 0–10
- 5 scored products (11%)
- 10–20
- 3 scored products (7%)
- 30–40
- 7 scored products (15%)
- 40–50
- 3 scored products (7%)
- 50–60
- 7 scored products (15%)
- 60–70
- 1 scored products (2%)
- 70–80
- 3 scored products (7%)
- 80–90
- 5 scored products (11%)
- 100 and above
- 12 scored products (26%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Aspartame is the flagged ingredient Mentos uses most
Across the 46 Mentos products scored here, Aspartame appears in 32. Only 469 other brands here use it (1.3%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. 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 | Mentos products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Aspartame | 32 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 27 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sucralose | 25 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Blue 1 | 17 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Titanium Dioxide | 6 | Restricted: EU (banned); California (under review) |
| BHT | 4 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
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 46 concern-sorted Mentos 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 (20 ingredients and 55/100) 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
- 46
- Median label
- 20 ingredients
- Median score
- 55/100
The outlined point is Pure Fresh, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (7). 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
- Pure Fresh: 24 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 7 flagged.
- Mentos Pure Fresh Gum Spearmint: 28 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 6 flagged.
- Pure Fresh Winter Edition Spearmint: 23 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Fresh Mint Gum: 25 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Spearmint Sugarfree Gum: 26 resolved ingredients, 5/100, 5 flagged.
- Sugarfree Chewing Gum: 21 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Chewing Gum, Spearmint: 20 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- PURE FRESH FRESH MINT: 19 resolved ingredients, 15/100, 5 flagged.
- Sugarfree gum: 28 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Pure white sugarfree chewing gum with xylitol: 21 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Mentos Sweet Mint Pure White: 21 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Fresh Mint Chewing Gum: 22 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- PURE WHITE gum: 21 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Mentos, sugarfree pure fresh gum, sweet mint: 21 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- PURE FRESH gum: 23 resolved ingredients, 30/100, 4 flagged.
- Gum Spring Edition Sugar Free: 23 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Chewing Gum: 21 resolved ingredients, 40/100, 4 flagged.
- Clean Breath sugar free: 8 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Sugarfree chewing gum: 16 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Sugarfree gum: 20 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour Gum Strawberry: 24 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Sugar Free Mints: 14 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Mentos Clean Breath Intense Peppermint: 10 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Mentos sugarfree gum: 16 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Mentos Pure Fresh: 22 resolved ingredients, 55/100, 3 flagged.
- Mentos Pure Fresh: 21 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Peppermint sugarfree mints, peppermint: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Wintergreen sugarfree mints, wintergreen: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Spearmint sugarfree mints, spearmint: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Mentos pure fresh spearmint: 21 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mentos pure fresh: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Air heads blue raspberry gum: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Gum collection: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mentos Tropical/Red Fruit Lime: 18 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Mentos green apple: 23 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chewy Mint, Fruit Green Apple Strawberry: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mint Mentos: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mentos Chew Fresh: 27 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mentos gum: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pure fresh grape medley: 1 resolved ingredient, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mentos strawberry: 20 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mentos rainbow: 6 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mini Cinnamon: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- blue rasberry mentoes: 19 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- mentos: 22 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chewy Dragees: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Mentos
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 42 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 Mentos: closest on tracked product count (92 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (58.2/100 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 Mentos food safe? ▼
Mentos has an average safety score of 58/100 across the 46 of 92 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 73.9% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Mentos products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 92 Mentos products. 46 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 46 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Mentos catalog? ▼
Mentos has 44 NOVA-classified products; 100% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 44 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Does Mentos use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Mentos 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 Mentos 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 Pure Fresh, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (7) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Aspartame appears in 32 scored Mentos products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Mentos's 58.2/100 average and 73.9% 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.
