Concern

Tex Mex Trail Mix

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239000106 · Target Stores · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239000106 · Serving size 0.25 cup (25 g)

The verdict

Tex Mex Trail Mix by Target Stores scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 64-component record, beginning with Hot & Spicy Peanuts, Peanuts, Vegetable Oil. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 64 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.

39000106 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tex Mex Trail Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Chocolate Mini Cupcakes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000106 · July 2026

11 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 39000106 · 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: Chocolate Mini Cupcakes · Nearest score peer is Chocolate Mini Cupcakes 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 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. Tex Mex Trail Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tex Mex Trail Mix50/1002. Chocolate Mini Cupcakes: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chocolate Mini Cupcakes50/1003. Double filled mint chocolate sandwich cookies: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Double filled mint chocol…50/1004. Pumpkin spiced pretzels: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pumpkin spiced pretzels50/1005. Mini browines with frosting: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mini browines with frosti…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tex Mex Trail Mix (50/100 on 64 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tex Mex Trail Mix
50/100
Chocolate Mini Cupcakes
50/100
Double filled mint chocolate sandwich cookies
50/100
Pumpkin spiced pretzels
50/100
Mini browines with frosting
50/100

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. Tex Mex Trail Mix scores 36.1 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Tex Mex Trail Mix lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (99th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Hot & Spicy Peanuts
2
Peanuts
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Peanut
5
Cottonseed
6
Soybean
7
Sunflower Seed
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
10
Cheese Blend
11
Romano
12
Cheddar & Blue Cheese
13
Cheese Cultures
14
Enzymes
15
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
16
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
17
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
18
Reduced Lactose Whey
19
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
20
Nonfat Dry Milk
21
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Artificial Color
23
Red Pepper
24
Tomato Powder
25
Onion Powder
26
Spices
27
Yeast Extract
28
Garlic Powder
29
Msg
30
Natural Flavors
31
Paprika
32
Paprika Oleoresin
33
Silicon Dioxide And Tricalcium Phosphate
34
Anticaking Agents
35
Almonds
36
Cajun Hot Sticks
37
Flour
38
Masa Corn Flour
39
Yellow Corn Flour
40
Potato Flour
41
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
42
Color
43
Garlic Powder And Yellow 6
44
Sesame Sticks
45
Wheat Flour
46
Malted Barley Flour
47
Sesame Seeds
48
Bulgur Wheat
49
Soy Flour
50
Soy Protein Concentrate And Turmeric And Beet Powder
51
Chili Bits
52
Rice
53
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
54
Water
55
Soybeans
56
Wheat
57
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
58
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
59
Chili Powder
60
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
61
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
62
Organic Pepitas
63
Organic Pumpkin Seed Kernels
64
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

Hot & spicy peanuts (peanuts, vegetable oil [peanut, cottonseed, soybean and/or sunflower seed], contains less than 2% of the following: salt, dextrose, cheese blend [romano, cheddar & blue cheese {milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes}, whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, maltodextrin, reduced lactose whey, salt, dipotassium phosphate, nonfat dry milk, citric acid, artificial color {including yellow 5, yellow 6}], red pepper, tomato powder, onion powder, maltodextrin, spices, yeast extract, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, natural flavors, citric acid, paprika, nonfat dry milk, paprika oleoresin, silicon dioxide and tricalcium phosphate [anticaking agents]), almonds, cajun hot sticks (flour [masa corn flour, yellow corn flour, potato flour], partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and/or soybean], salt, contains less than 2% of each of the following: spices, paprika [color], onion powder, garlic powder and yellow 6 [color]), sesame sticks (flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour], partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean, cottonseed], sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, contains less than 1% of each of the following: soy flour, soy protein concentrate and turmeric and beet powder [color]), chili bits (rice, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt], sugar, tapioca starch, chili powder, yellow 5, yellow 6), pepitas (pumpkin seed kernels), vegetable oil (peanut, cottonseed, soybean and/or sunflower seed), sea salt.

Other products containing Cajun Hot Sticks

Cajun Hot Sticks is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Tex Mex Trail Mix

Neighbours outside Target Stores near Tex Mex Trail Mix's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tex Mex Trail Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Tex Mex Trail Mix'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 0085239000106: 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.