Caution

Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix

by Land O Lakes

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072058614836 · Land O Lakes · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072058614836 · Serving size 1 cup (15 g)

The verdict

Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix by Land O Lakes scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Corn Syrup Solids, Coconut Oil, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0072058614836
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

58614836 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Cappuccino Mix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …614836 · July 2026

7 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 58614836 · 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: Cappuccino Mix · Nearest score peer is Cappuccino Mix 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Land o lakes, cocoa class…85/1002. Cappuccino Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cappuccino Mix85/1003. Hot Cocoa Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hot Cocoa Mix85/1004. Cappuccino Classic: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cappuccino Classic85/1005. Awesome cookies & cream fudge premium mix kit, cookies & cream fudge: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Awesome cookies & cream f…85/100
High-band neighbours for Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix (85/100) outside Land O Lakes.
Chart values as text

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

Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix
85/100
Cappuccino Mix
85/100
Hot Cocoa Mix
85/100
Cappuccino Classic
85/100
Awesome cookies & cream fudge premium mix kit, cookies & cream fudge
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix scores 5.5 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (91st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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 16,917 Beverages 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Corn syrup solids, coconut oil, sugar, nonfat dry milk, white chocolate powder (contains sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, dextrose, soy lecithin, artificial flavor), maltodextrin, sodium caseinate, natural & artificial flavor, salt, mono & diglycerides, potassium phosphate, cellulose gum, sucralose, turmeric & annatto extracts (color), contains 2% or less silicon dioxide (anticaking).

Other products containing White Chocolate Powder

White Chocolate Powder is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix

Neighbours outside Land O Lakes with screening scores in the same high band as Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Land O Lakes; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Land o lakes, cocoa classics, hot cocoa mix's 1 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 0072058614836: 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.