Avoid

Caramel Cashew Trail Mix

by The Snack Artist

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130294213 · The Snack Artist. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130294213 · Serving size 30g

The verdict

Caramel Cashew Trail Mix by The Snack Artist scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-component record, beginning with Peanuts, Peanut, Peanut 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 46 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

30294213 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel Cashew Trail Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Safeway, the snack · ±0 BOOK-OFF …294213 · July 2026

14 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 30294213 · 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: Safeway, the snack artist, peanut buttery trail mix · Nearest score peer is Safeway, the snack artist, peanut buttery trail mix 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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 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. Caramel Cashew Trail Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel Cashew Trail Mix0/1002. Safeway, the snack artist, peanut buttery trail mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Safeway, the snack artist…0/1003. Mountain mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Mountain mix0/1004. Sour Aliens: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Sour Aliens0/1005. Gummi Assorted Fish: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Gummi Assorted Fish0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Caramel Cashew Trail Mix (0/100 on 46 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Caramel Cashew Trail Mix
0/100
Safeway, the snack artist, peanut buttery trail mix
0/100
Mountain mix
0/100
Sour Aliens
0/100
Gummi Assorted Fish
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Caramel Cashew Trail Mix lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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

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: 46 (96th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Peanuts
2
Peanut
3
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites
6
Milk Chocolate
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Cocoa Butter
9
Milk
10
Chocolate Liquor
11
Soy Lecithin Artificial Flavors
12
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
13
Sweetened Condensed Milk
14
Skim Milk
15
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
16
Palm Kernel
17
Soybean
18
Cottonseed
19
Organic Coconut
20
Palm Oil
21
Evaporated Milk
22
Natural And Artificial Flavor
23
Gum Arabic
24
Corn Starch
25
Confectioners Glaze
26
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
27
M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies
28
Natural Chocolate
29
Cocoa Butte
30
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
31
Milkfat Soy Lecithin
32
Artificial Flavors
33
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
35
Coloring
36
Includes Red 40 Lake
37
Red 40 Blue 1
38
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
1 Lake
40
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
42
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
43
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
44
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
45
Gum Acacia
46
Cashews

Full Ingredient List

PEANUTS (PEANUT, PEANUT OIL, SALT), MILK CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BITES(MILK CHOCOLATE[SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, MILK, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SALT], CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK[MILK, SKIM MILK, SUGAR], SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [PALM KERNEL, SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED, COCONUT AND/OR PALM OIL], EVAPORATED MILK, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, GUM ARABIC, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE, XANTHAN GUM), M&M'S MILK CHOCOLATE CANDIES (MILK CHOCOLATE[SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTE, LACTOSE, MILKFAT SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS], SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: CORN SYRUP, DEXTRIN, COLORING (INCLUDES RED 40 LAKE, RED 40 BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, 1 LAKE, YELLOW 5, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2] , GUM ACACIA), CASHEWS (CASHEWS, PEANUT OIL, SALT).

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel Cashew Trail Mix

Neighbours outside The Snack Artist in the same lower screening band as Caramel Cashew Trail Mix (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Snack Artist; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caramel Cashew Trail Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Caramel Cashew Trail Mix's 6 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 0021130294213: 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.