Safe

Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets

by Nestlé Abuelita

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028000157852 · Nestlé Abuelita · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028000157852 · Serving size 23g

The verdict

Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets by Nestlé Abuelita scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Sugar, Natural Chocolate, Soy Lecithin; 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0028000157852
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00157852 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-SPARSE 10% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 44% LEAD-FLAG Sugar PHOTO-FINISH 53% Cacao Dark · ±0 BOOK-OFF …157852 · July 2026

1 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sugar). Source sheet 00157852 · 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: 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate Morsels · Nearest score peer is 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate Morsels at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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. Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Authentic Mexican Hot Cho…100/1002. 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate Morsels: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. 53% Cacao Dark Chocolate …100/1003. Pringles, potato chips, sour cream & onion, sour cream & onion: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pringles, potato chips, s…100/1004. Pringles, potato crisps: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pringles, potato crisps100/1005. Pringles Crisps Bbq 4.62oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pringles Crisps Bbq 4.62oz100/100
High-band neighbours for Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets (100/100) outside Nestlé Abuelita.
Chart values as text

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

Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets
100/100
53% Cacao Dark Chocolate Morsels
100/100
Pringles, potato chips, sour cream & onion, sour cream & onion
100/100
Pringles, potato crisps
100/100
Pringles Crisps Bbq 4.62oz
100/100

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. Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 56th percentile a longer ingredient list than 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Above this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 10 (56th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, chocolate, soy lecithin, vegetable oils (palm, shea nut and/or illipe nut), artificial flavor, pgpr (emulsifier).

Other products containing Illipe Nut

Illipe Nut is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Dried products Chocolates Dried products to be rehydrated Dark chocolates Dehydrated beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets

Neighbours outside Nestlé Abuelita with screening scores in the same high band as Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets (100/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Nestlé Abuelita; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets'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 Sugar. Open Sugar
  • Compare Authentic Mexican Hot Chocolate Drink Tablets's 0 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 0028000157852: 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.