Avoid

Hit the Trail Mix

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041220713431 · H-E-B · Trail-mix. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041220713431 · Serving size 1 bag

The verdict

Hit the Trail Mix by H-E-B scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 9 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Raisins, Peanuts, M&m's® Milk Chocolate Candies. 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
9
Many flagged · of 47 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.

20713431 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hit the Trail Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 9 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Spice Drops · ±0 BOOK-OFF …713431 · July 2026

15 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 20713431 · 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: Spice Drops · Nearest score peer is Spice Drops 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. Hit the Trail Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Hit the Trail Mix0/1002. Spice Drops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Spice Drops0/1003. Beef Lasagna Dinner Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Lasagna Dinner Mix0/1004. Jelly beans frijolitis: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Jelly beans frijolitis0/1005. Freeze Pops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Freeze Pops0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hit the Trail Mix (0/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hit the Trail Mix
0/100
Spice Drops
0/100
Beef Lasagna Dinner Mix
0/100
Jelly beans frijolitis
0/100
Freeze Pops
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 83 products we've scored in the Trail-mix category, the average safety score is 80.8/100. Hit the Trail Mix scores 80.8 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 80.8/100), 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 Trail-mix products

Hit the Trail Mix lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 64 products we track

6–8: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 5 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 7 products (11%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 3 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 38–40: 2 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 20 products (31%). This entry sits in this band. This product 6 42 every published Trail-mix 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

64 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

6–8
2 products (3%)
8–10
2 products (3%)
12–14
6 products (9%)
14–16
5 products (8%)
16–18
7 products (11%)
18–20
2 products (3%)
20–22
3 products (5%)
22–24
3 products (5%)
24–26
2 products (3%)
28–30
1 products (2%)
30–32
2 products (3%)
32–34
2 products (3%)
34–36
3 products (5%)
36–38
2 products (3%)
38–40
2 products (3%)
40 and above
20 products (31%)

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 64 Trail-mix 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (9 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Raisins
2
Peanuts
3
M&m's® Milk Chocolate Candies
4
Milk Chocolate
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Natural Chocolate
7
Skim Milk
8
Cocoa Butter
9
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
10
Milkfat
11
Soy Lecithin
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Artificial And Natural Flavors
14
Corn Starch
15
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
16
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
17
Coloring
18
Includes Blue 1 Lake
19
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
20
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
23
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Carnauba Wax
29
Gum Acacia
30
Almonds
31
Cashews
32
Vegetable Oil
33
Peanut
34
Cottonseed
35
Soybean
36
Sunflower Seed Oil
37
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
38
Milk
39
Soy
40
San Antonio
41
Texas 78204
42
Cashews-india
43
Brazil
44
Vietnam
45
Indonesia
46
Ghana
47
Ivory Coast Ackaged In Usa Dry Place

Full Ingredient List

RAISINS, PEANUTS, M&M'S® MILK CHOCOLATE CANDIES (MILK CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTER, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVORS], SUGAR, CORN STARCH, LESS THAN 1% OF: CORN SYRUP, DEXTRIN, COLORING (INCLUDES BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 6, RED 40, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2], CARNAUBA WAX, GUM ACACIA), ALMONDS, CASHEWS, VEGETABLE OIL (PEANUT, COTTONSEED, SOYBEAN AND/OR SUNFLOWER SEED OIL), SEA SALT. (CONTAINS: PEANUTS, MILK, SOY, ALMONDS, CASHEWS MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES OTHER TREE NUTS MADE WITH PRIDE AND CARE FOR H-E-BO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78204 CONTAINS PRODUCT FROM: CASHEWS-INDIA, BRAZIL, VIETNAM, INDONESIA, GHANA, IVORY COAST ACKAGED IN USA DRY PLACE

Other products containing Indonesia

Indonesia is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 13 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Trail-mix

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Hit the Trail Mix

Neighbours outside H-E-B in the same lower screening band as Hit the Trail Mix (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hit the Trail Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Hit the Trail Mix's 9 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 0041220713431: 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.