Concern

Sugar Free Spearmint Chews

by Ice Breakers

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0034000722099 · Ice Breakers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0034000722099 · Serving size 1g

The verdict

Sugar Free Spearmint Chews by Ice Breakers scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Xylitol, Maltitol Syrup, Mannitol; 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 11 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0034000722099
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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00722099 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sugar Free Spearmint Chews label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-PART 55% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 61% LEAD-FLAG Mannitol PHOTO-FINISH Low Fat Snack, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …722099 · July 2026

6 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Mannitol). Source sheet 00722099 · 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: Low Fat Snack, Cherry, Black Raspberry Strawberry · Nearest score peer is Low Fat Snack, Cherry, Black Raspberry Strawberry 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. Sugar Free Spearmint Chews: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sugar Free Spearmint Chews50/1002. Low Fat Snack, Cherry, Black Raspberry Strawberry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Low Fat Snack, Cherry, Bl…50/1003. Twizzlers, Soft Licorice Bites, Black Raspberry, Black Raspberry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Twizzlers, Soft Licorice …50/1004. Fruity Twists Bites, Fruit Punch: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fruity Twists Bites, Frui…50/1005. Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Mixed Berry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Mixe…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sugar Free Spearmint Chews (50/100 on 11 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Sugar Free Spearmint Chews
50/100
Low Fat Snack, Cherry, Black Raspberry Strawberry
50/100
Twizzlers, Soft Licorice Bites, Black Raspberry, Black Raspberry
50/100
Fruity Twists Bites, Fruit Punch
50/100
Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Mixed Berry
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sugar Free Spearmint Chews lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 11 (39th 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.

Full Ingredient List

XYLITOL; MALTITOL SYRUP, MANNITOL; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CELLULOSE GUM; NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTITOL; SOY LECITHIN; ARTIFICIAL COLOR (BLUE 1; YELLOW 5).

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Sugar Free Spearmint Chews

Neighbours outside Ice Breakers near Sugar Free Spearmint Chews's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ice Breakers; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Mannitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sugar Free Spearmint Chews's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 11-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Mannitol. Open Mannitol
  • Compare Sugar Free Spearmint Chews'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 0034000722099: 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.