Concern

Mint Jelly

by Reese

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070670008835 · Reese · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070670008835 · Serving size 1 Tbsp (19 g)

The verdict

Mint Jelly by Reese scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Sugar, Water, Pectin; 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 7 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.

70008835 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mint Jelly label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-MOST 71% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 62% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Jellied mint sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …008835 · July 2026

5 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 70008835 · 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: Jellied mint sauce with mint leaves · Nearest score peer is Jellied mint sauce with mint leaves 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.

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 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. Mint Jelly: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mint Jelly50/1002. Jellied mint sauce with mint leaves: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jellied mint sauce with m…50/1003. Strawberry Daiquiri Non-Alcoholic Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Strawberry Daiquiri Non-A…50/1004. Island mojito: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Island mojito50/1005. Cafe Valley Bakery, Moist & Delicious Cake, Cherry: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cafe Valley Bakery, Moist…50/100
Short-label cross-brand peers (7 ingredients on 0070670008835).
Chart values as text

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

Mint Jelly
50/100
Jellied mint sauce with mint leaves
50/100
Strawberry Daiquiri Non-Alcoholic Mix
50/100
Island mojito
50/100
Cafe Valley Bakery, Moist & Delicious Cake, Cherry
50/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Mint Jelly scores 47.7 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Mint Jelly lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 38th percentile a longer ingredient list than 38% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Above this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Above this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Above this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Above this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (38th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and 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, water, pectin, natural spearmint flavor, citric acid, fd&c yellow #5, fd&c blue #1.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Breakfasts Spreads Plant-based spreads Sweet spreads Fruit and vegetable preserves

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mint Jelly

Neighbours outside Reese near Mint Jelly's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Reese; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mint Jelly's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Mint Jelly'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 0070670008835: 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.