Concern

Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix

by Chex

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000215535 · Chex · Snack-mix. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000215535 · Serving size 1 portion (30 g)

The verdict

Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix by Chex scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Whole Wheat, Vegetable Oil. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00215535 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Chex Mix Cheddar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …215535 · July 2026

9 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00215535 · 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: Chex Mix Cheddar · Nearest score peer is Chex Mix Cheddar 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix50/1002. Chex Mix Cheddar: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chex Mix Cheddar50/1003. Count Chocula: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Count Chocula50/1004. The Grinch Vanilla Cereal: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The Grinch Vanilla Cereal50/1005. Trix minis: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Trix minis50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix (50/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix
50/100
Chex Mix Cheddar
50/100
Count Chocula
50/100
The Grinch Vanilla Cereal
50/100
Trix minis
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th 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 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Whole Wheat, Vegetable Oil (soybean, high oleic canola, high oleic sunflower, palm and/or high oleic soybean), Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate folic acid), Sugar, Salt, Whey, Sour Cream (cream, cultures, nonfat milk), Cheddar Cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes, annatto [color]), Yeast, Yeast Extract, Onion Powder, Baking Soda, Distilled Monoglycerides, Color (annatto extract, paprika extract, turmeric extract, yellow 6, yellow 5 lake), Barley Malt Syrup, Malt Syrup, Yellow Corn Flour, Trisodium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Natural and Artificial Flavor

Categories

Snack-mix

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix

Neighbours outside Chex near Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Chex; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Chex Mix Savory Snack Mix'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 0016000215535: 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.