Concern

Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen

by Tic Tac

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0009800007875 · Tic Tac · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0009800007875 · Serving size 1 PIECE (0.49 g)

The verdict

Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen by Tic Tac scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 9 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 9-component label led by Sugar, Maltodextrin, Rice Starch; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 9 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00007875 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 9 ing. REG-MOST 67% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 81% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Summer Ice Pop · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007875 · July 2026

6 of 9 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 00007875 · 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: Summer Ice Pop Mint · Nearest score peer is Summer Ice Pop Mint 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tic tac, flavored mints, …50/1002. Summer Ice Pop Mint: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Summer Ice Pop Mint50/1003. Jon Dongire, Dark Cherry Swirl Cheesecake: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jon Dongire, Dark Cherry …50/1004. Our Speciality, Strawberry Frosted Sugar Cookies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Our Speciality, Strawberr…50/1005. Our Specialty, Sugar Cookies, Key Lime Frosted: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Our Specialty, Sugar Cook…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen (50/100 on 9 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen
50/100
Summer Ice Pop Mint
50/100
Jon Dongire, Dark Cherry Swirl Cheesecake
50/100
Our Speciality, Strawberry Frosted Sugar Cookies
50/100
Our Specialty, Sugar Cookies, Key Lime Frosted
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen lists 9 ingredients on its label

9 19th percentile a longer ingredient list than 19% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Above this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 9 (19th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, maltodextrin, rice starch, gum arabic, natural and artificial flavors, magnesium stearate, carnauba wax, yellow 5, blue 1.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen

Neighbours outside Tic Tac near Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tic Tac; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 9-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Tic tac, flavored mints, wintergreen'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 0009800007875: 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.