Peppermint Candies
Peppermint Candies appears in 8 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Peppermint Candies appears in 8 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 8
- catalogued products
- #17,814
- usage rank of 247,206
- 2
- named brands represented
- 47%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
What this page can and cannot answer
Audit the co-occurring flags first
62.5% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Peppermint Candies as the trigger. Open records such as Peppermint Truffles; Vanilla Ice Cream With Peppermint Stick Candy Pieces, Peppermint; Cheesecake ice cream bites and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 70.6/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 47% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.
62.5% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient
Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 8 of 8 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.
Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.
Peppermint Candies sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#17,814 / 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #17,814
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,731 others that also appear in exactly 8 products.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 47%
- Averaged label depth puts Peppermint Candies in the upper half of the list (47% of list length, mean slot 9.5). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.
Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 8 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Peppermint Candies
Products Containing Peppermint Candies
High-volume slice (8 of 8) for products naming Peppermint Candies:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass
High-volume peers for Peppermint Candies: 8 products, mean screening score 70.6/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Next steps from the Peppermint Candies page
8 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Peppermint Candies are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.
- Open the product sample for Peppermint Candies and read how the term sits on real packages. Browse linked labels
- Browse another ingredient record and keep the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields in view. Compare a peer
- Read how PlainFoodSafe joins source records before treating a screening label as a personal food or health conclusion. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Questions readers ask about Peppermint Candies
How should I read safety signals when Peppermint Candies sits in heavily flagged products? ▼
62.5% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Peppermint Candies is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.
Which product shelves show up most often with Peppermint Candies? ▼
Peppermint Candies ranks in the top decile by product count (#17,814 of 247,206), appearing in 8 indexed products led by Desserts. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Peppermint Candies so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Peppermint Candies appears in 8 products (#17,814 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Peppermint Candies). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.