Concern

Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041318222685 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041318222685 · Serving size 1/4 cup (32 g)

The verdict

Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Peanuts, Corn Sticks, Yellow Corn Masa. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

18222685 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …222685 · July 2026

11 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 18222685 · 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

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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

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. Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 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

Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 49 (95th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Peanuts
 2
Corn Sticks
 3
Yellow Corn Masa
 4
Soybean Oil
 5
Seasoning
 6
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
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Flavoring
 9
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
10
Spices And Herbs
 11
Garlic Powder
 12
Onion Powder
 13
Tomato Powder
 14
Green Pepper Powder
 15
Corn Starch
 16
Spice And Coloring
 17
and paprika
 18
Sesame Sticks
 19
Enriched Wheat Flour
 20
Unbleached Wheat Flour
 21
Malted Barley Flour
 22
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Reduced Iron
 24
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
27
Sesame Seeds
 28
Bulgur Wheat
 29
Beet Powder And Turmeric
 30
Color
 31
Chili Crescents
 32
Glutinous Rice
 33
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
 34
Water
 35
Soybeans
 36
Wheat
 37
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
38
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Chili Powder
 40
Artificial Color
 41
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
42
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
43
Toasted Corn
 44
Corn
 45
Canola And Safflower And Sunflower Oils
 46
Pumpkin Kernels
 47
Cottonseed And Peanut Oils
 48
Cayenne Pepper
 49
Annatto Powder

Full Ingredient List

Peanuts, corn sticks (yellow corn masa, soybean oil, seasoning [maltodextrin, salt, natural flavoring, citric acid, spices and herbs, garlic powder, onion powder, tomato powder, green pepper powder, modified corn starch, spice and coloring {contains paprika}]), sesame sticks (enriched wheat flour [unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, beet powder and turmeric [color]), chili crescents (glutinous rice, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt], tapioca starch, sugar, chili powder, artificial color [including yellow 5, yellow 6]), toasted corn (corn, canola and safflower and sunflower oils, salt, citric acid), pumpkin kernels, cottonseed and peanut oils, cayenne pepper, annatto powder, salt.

Categories

Snacks

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Easy snacking, cajun mix salted virginia peanuts, crunchy corn sticks, sesame sticks, chili crescents, toasted corn and salted pumpkin kernels'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 0041318222685: 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.