Concern

Soft Peppermint Puffs

by Rite Aid

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011822665018 · Rite Aid. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011822665018 · Serving size 16g

The verdict

Soft Peppermint Puffs by Rite Aid scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Cane Sugar, Invert Sugar, And Oil Of Peppermint; 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 5 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

22665018 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Soft Peppermint Puffs label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-MOST 60% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 87% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Mint 'N Chip · ±0 BOOK-OFF …665018 · July 2026

3 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 22665018 · 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: Mint 'N Chip Ice Cream · Nearest score peer is Mint 'N Chip Ice Cream 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Soft Peppermint Puffs: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Soft Peppermint Puffs50/1002. Mint 'N Chip Ice Cream: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mint 'N Chip Ice Cream50/1003. Big win, sugar wafers, strawberry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Big win, sugar wafers, st…50/1004. Ice Cream: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream50/1005. Spearmint Leaves: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Spearmint Leaves50/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Soft Peppermint Puffs's 50/100 while 40% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Soft Peppermint Puffs
50/100
Mint 'N Chip Ice Cream
50/100
Big win, sugar wafers, strawberry
50/100
Ice Cream
50/100
Spearmint Leaves
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Soft Peppermint Puffs lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 13th percentile a longer ingredient list than 13% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Above this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Above this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 5 (13th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 5 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

PURE CANE SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, OIL OF PEPPERMINT, RED 40, RED 40 LAKE.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Soft Peppermint Puffs

Neighbours outside Rite Aid near Soft Peppermint Puffs's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rite Aid; these peers cross brands.

Same mid-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score: 40% of this label's ingredients carry a caution flag.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Soft Peppermint Puffs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Soft Peppermint Puffs'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 0011822665018: 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.