Concern

Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate

by Signature Kitchens

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130382149 · Signature Kitchens · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130382149 · Serving size 1 ENVELOPE (16 g)

The verdict

Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate by Signature Kitchens scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Whey, Nonfat Dry Milk, Maltodextrin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 20 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0021130382149
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

47/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

30382149 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Hot Cocoa Mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …382149 · July 2026

9 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 30382149 · 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: Hot Cocoa Mix · Nearest score peer is Hot Cocoa Mix 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.

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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Signature kitchens, hot c…65/1002. Hot Cocoa Mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hot Cocoa Mix65/1003. Chopped salad bowl italiano salad with salami and turkey: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chopped salad bowl italia…65/1004. Sugar free Coffee Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar free Coffee Syrup65/1005. Sugar Free Caramel Flavored Syrup: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sugar Free Caramel Flavor…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate (65/100 on 20 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate
65/100
Hot Cocoa Mix
65/100
Chopped salad bowl italiano salad with salami and turkey
65/100
Sugar free Coffee Syrup
65/100
Sugar Free Caramel Flavored Syrup
65/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate scores 25.5 points below that category average (65/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 20 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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 16,917 Beverages 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 20 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
2
Nonfat Dry Milk
3
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
4
Organic Cocoa
5
Vegetable Oil
6
Soybean
7
Organic Sunflower
8
Palm
9
Canola
10
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
13
Natural And Artificial Flavors
14
Cellulose Gum
15
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
17
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
18
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
19
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
20
Mono - And Diglycerides

Full Ingredient List

Modified whey, nonfat dry milk, maltodextrin, cocoa (processed with alkali), vegetable oil (may contain partially hydrogenated coconut, soybean, sunflower, palm and/or canola), calcium carbonate, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, cellulose gum, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, sucralose, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, silicon dioxide, mono - and diglycerides.

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate

Neighbours outside Signature Kitchens near Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Signature Kitchens; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Signature kitchens, hot cocoa mix, rich chocolate's 3 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 0021130382149: 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.