Concern

Mentos Pure Fresh

by Mentos

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073390513153 · Mentos. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073390513153

The verdict

Mentos Pure Fresh by Mentos scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Xylitol, Sorbitol, Chewing Gum Base. 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0073390513153
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

90513153 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mentos Pure Fresh label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Mannitol PHOTO-FINISH Wieners · ±0 BOOK-OFF …513153 · July 2026

9 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Mannitol). Source sheet 90513153 · 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: Wieners · Nearest score peer is Wieners 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.

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. Mentos Pure Fresh: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mentos Pure Fresh60/1002. Wieners: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Wieners60/1003. Gummi Sharks: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gummi Sharks60/1004. Marlow, Watermelon Rings Candy: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Marlow, Watermelon Rings …60/1005. Hot pink Vanilla Frosting: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hot pink Vanilla Frosting60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Mentos Pure Fresh (60/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Mentos Pure Fresh
60/100
Wieners
60/100
Gummi Sharks
60/100
Marlow, Watermelon Rings Candy
60/100
Hot pink Vanilla Frosting
60/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Mentos Pure Fresh lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 21 (73rd 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

xylitol, sorbitol, chewing gum base, mannitol, maltito syrup, glycerin, natural and artificial flavors, maltodextrin rice starch, lecithin (soy), sucralose, coconut oil, acesulfame aspartame, sucrose fatty acid esters, green tea extract, xanthang sodium carboxymethylcellulose, corn starch, bht to maintain freshness, carnauba wax, blue 1, colored with: (turmeric phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mentos Pure Fresh

Neighbours outside Mentos near Mentos Pure Fresh's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mentos; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Mannitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mentos Pure Fresh's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Mannitol. Open Mannitol
  • Compare Mentos Pure Fresh'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 0073390513153: 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.