Concern

Wintermint Ascent

by 5

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0022000015532 · 5 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0022000015532 · Serving size 1 STICK (2.7 g)

The verdict

Wintermint Ascent by 5 scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Sorbitol, Gum Base, Glycerol; 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00015532 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Wintermint Ascent label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 78% LEAD-FLAG Mannitol PHOTO-FINISH Orbit White Peppermint · ±0 BOOK-OFF …015532 · July 2026

5 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Mannitol). Source sheet 00015532 · 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: Orbit White Peppermint · Nearest score peer is Orbit White Peppermint 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Wintermint Ascent: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Wintermint Ascent55/1002. Orbit White Peppermint: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orbit White Peppermint55/1003. Wrigley double mint mega pack: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Wrigley double mint mega …55/1004. Freeze sugarfree mint gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Freeze sugarfree mint gum55/1005. Spearmint Sugarfree Gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Spearmint Sugarfree Gum55/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Wintermint Ascent's 55/100 while 30% 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.

Wintermint Ascent
55/100
Orbit White Peppermint
55/100
Wrigley double mint mega pack
55/100
Freeze sugarfree mint gum
55/100
Spearmint Sugarfree Gum
55/100

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. Wintermint Ascent scores 31.1 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Wintermint Ascent lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 22nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 22% 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%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 10 (22nd 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.

Full Ingredient List

Sorbitol, gum base, glycerol, natural and artificial flavors; less than 2% of: hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, aspartame, mannitol, acesulfame k, soy lecithin, bht (to maintain freshness).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Wintermint Ascent

Neighbours outside 5 near Wintermint Ascent's mid-band score (55/100). The 3 same-brand links above stay within 5; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Mannitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Wintermint Ascent's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Mannitol. Open Mannitol
  • Compare Wintermint Ascent'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 0022000015532: 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.