Safe

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450040586 · Hy-Vee · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450040586 · Serving size 1/4 cup (33 g)

The verdict

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel by Hy-Vee scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Raisins, Caramel Flavored Drops, Sugar. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

50040586 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Peanut Oil PHOTO-FINISH Creamy Peanut Butter · ±0 BOOK-OFF …040586 · July 2026

7 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Peanut Oil). Source sheet 50040586 · 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: Creamy Peanut Butter · Nearest score peer is Creamy Peanut Butter at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Caramel flavored cashew h…100/1002. Creamy Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Creamy Peanut Butter100/1003. Sweetened dried fruit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweetened dried fruit100/1004. Manzanilla Olives Stuffed With Minced Pimiento: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Manzanilla Olives Stuffed…100/1005. Medium ripe pitted olives, medium: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Medium ripe pitted olives…100/100
High-band neighbours for Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel (100/100) outside Hy-Vee.
Chart values as text

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

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel
100/100
Creamy Peanut Butter
100/100
Sweetened dried fruit
100/100
Manzanilla Olives Stuffed With Minced Pimiento
100/100
Medium ripe pitted olives, medium
100/100

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. Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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

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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (91st 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.

Full Ingredient List

Raisins, caramel flavored drops (sugar, palm kernel and palm oil, nonfat dry milk powder, whole milk powder, cocoa powder, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor, paprika extract [color]), peanuts (peanuts, vegetable oil [peanut, cottonseed, canola and/or soybean oil], salt), honey roasted peanuts (peanuts, sugar, honey, tapioca dextrin, corn starch, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, salt), sesame sticks (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, beet powder [color], turmeric [color]), sunflower kernels (sunflower kernels, peanut oil and/or sunflower oil and/or cottonseed oil, salt), honey roasted cashews (cashews, sugar, honey, corn starch, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, salt), almonds (almonds, vegetable oil [peanut, cottonseed, canola and/or soybean oil], salt).

Other products containing Caramel Flavored Drops

Caramel Flavored Drops is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee with screening scores in the same high band as Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Caramel flavored cashew honey crunch trail mix, caramel has a longer ingredient list than 91% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0075450040586: 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.