Caution

Mints Wintergreen

by Rouses Markets

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0015418014853 · Rouses Markets · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0015418014853 · Serving size 1 g

The verdict

Mints Wintergreen by Rouses Markets scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Sorbitol, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Calcium Stearate, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0015418014853
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

18014853 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mints Wintergreen label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-MOST 75% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 96% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Thick Cute Hickory · ±0 BOOK-OFF …014853 · July 2026

3 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 18014853 · 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: Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon · Nearest score peer is Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Mints Wintergreen: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mints Wintergreen85/1002. Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Thick Cute Hickory Smoked…85/1003. Chicken Vienna Sausage, Chicken: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Vienna Sausage, C…85/1004. Corn Flakes Cereal: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Corn Flakes Cereal85/1005. Salami: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Salami85/100
High-band neighbours for Mints Wintergreen (85/100) outside Rouses Markets.
Chart values as text

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

Mints Wintergreen
85/100
Thick Cute Hickory Smoked Bacon
85/100
Chicken Vienna Sausage, Chicken
85/100
Corn Flakes Cereal
85/100
Salami
85/100

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. Mints Wintergreen scores 1.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Mints Wintergreen lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 4th percentile a longer ingredient list than 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Above this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 4 (4th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 4 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

SORBITOL, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM STEARATE, SUCRALOSE.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Mints Wintergreen

Neighbours outside Rouses Markets with screening scores in the same high band as Mints Wintergreen (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rouses Markets; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mints Wintergreen's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Mints Wintergreen's 1 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 0015418014853: 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.