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M&M’s cookie sandwich mint

by M&M's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0047677484153 · M&M's. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0047677484153

The verdict

M&M’s cookie sandwich mint by M&M's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 7 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Skim Milk, Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour. 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
7
Many flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0047677484153
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

77484153 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

M&M’s cookie sandwich mint label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 7 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Snickers Ice Cream · ±0 BOOK-OFF …484153 · July 2026

17 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 77484153 · 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: Snickers Ice Cream Minis with m&m's minis · Nearest score peer is Snickers Ice Cream Minis with m&m's minis 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.

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 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. M&M’s cookie sandwich mint: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. M&M’s cookie sandwich mint0/1002. Snickers Ice Cream Minis with m&m's minis: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Snickers Ice Cream Minis …0/1003. Springtime Truffles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Springtime Truffles0/1004. Holiday Rainbow Layer Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Holiday Rainbow Layer Coo…0/1005. Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Mini Gingerbread House Ki…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for M&M’s cookie sandwich mint (0/100 on 45 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

M&M’s cookie sandwich mint
0/100
Snickers Ice Cream Minis with m&m's minis
0/100
Springtime Truffles
0/100
Holiday Rainbow Layer Cookies
0/100
Mini Gingerbread House Kit, Gingerbread
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

M&M’s cookie sandwich mint lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (95th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (7 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Skim Milk
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Enriched Wheat Flour
4
Bleached Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iro Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folate
9
Cream
10
Palm Oil
11
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
12
Cocoa Processed W Chocolate
13
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Cocoa Butter
15
Natural Flavor
16
Baking Soda
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Molasses
19
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
20
Milkfat
21
So Mono And Diglycerides
22
Ammonium Bicarbonate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Carob Bean Gum
24
Guar Gum
25
Sodium Acid Pyrop Monocalcium Phosphate
26
Colors
27
Includes Blue 1 Lake
28
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
32
Red 40 Lave 6 Lake
33
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Blue 2
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Beta Carotene
37
Annatto Extract
38
Soy Lecithin
39
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
40
Cap Cornstarch
41
Carnauba Wax
42
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Gum Acacia
44
Milk
45
Wheat And Soy. May Contain Peanuts And Tree Nuts

Full Ingredient List

SKIM MILK, SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRO MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLATE), CREAM, PALM OIL, CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 2% OF: COCOA PROCESSED W CHOCOLATE, WHEY, COCOA BUTTER, NATURAL FLAVOR, BAKING SODA, SALT, MOLASSES, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SO MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, CAROB BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SODIUM ACID PYROP MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, COLORS (INCLUDES BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, RED 40 LAVE 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2), BETA CAROTENE, ANNATTO EXTRACT, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTRIN, CAP CORNSTARCH, CARNAUBA WAX, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, GUM ACACIA, WATER. ALLERGY INFORMATION: CONTAINS MILK, WHEAT AND SOY. MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for M&M’s cookie sandwich mint

Neighbours outside M&M's in the same lower screening band as M&M’s cookie sandwich mint (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within M&M's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from M&M’s cookie sandwich mint's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare M&M’s cookie sandwich mint's 7 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 0047677484153: 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.