Safe

Santa Fe Trail Mix

by Casey's General Store

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0098437240380 · Casey's General Store · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0098437240380 · Serving size 0.25 cup (30 g)

The verdict

Santa Fe Trail Mix by Casey's General Store scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Hot & Spicy Peanuts, Peanuts, Peanut 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 58 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.

37240380 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Santa Fe Trail Mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Sodium Hydroxide PHOTO-FINISH Sweet & Salty · ±0 BOOK-OFF …240380 · July 2026

11 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Hydroxide). Source sheet 37240380 · 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: Sweet & Salty Trail Mix · Nearest score peer is Sweet & Salty Trail Mix 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. Santa Fe Trail Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Santa Fe Trail Mix100/1002. Sweet & Salty Trail Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet & Salty Trail Mix100/1003. Honey Roasted Cashews: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Honey Roasted Cashews100/1004. Roasted & Salted Cashews: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Roasted & Salted Cashews100/1005. Peanut Butter Crispy Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Peanut Butter Crispy Bar100/100
High-band neighbours for Santa Fe Trail Mix (100/100) outside Casey's General Store.
Chart values as text

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

Santa Fe Trail Mix
100/100
Sweet & Salty Trail Mix
100/100
Honey Roasted Cashews
100/100
Roasted & Salted Cashews
100/100
Peanut Butter Crispy Bar
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. Santa Fe Trail Mix 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

Santa Fe Trail Mix lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 58 (98th 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

1
Hot & Spicy Peanuts
2
Peanuts
3
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
4
Hot & Spicy Seasoning
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
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
7
Spices
8
Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil
9
Cottonseed
10
Soybean
11
Added To Prevent Caking
12
Cajun Sesame Sticks
13
Unbleached Wheat Flour
14
Malted Barley Flour As A Natural Enzyme Additive
15
Soybean Oil
16
Sesame Seeds
17
Bulgur Wheat
18
Cajun Seasoning
19
Spice
20
Paprika For Color
21
Onion
22
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
23
Green Bell Pepper
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Cocoa Powder
26
Paprika Oleoresin
27
Color
28
Beet Powder
29
Turmeric
30
Everything Sesame Sticks
31
Poppy Seeds
32
Garlic Powder
33
Minced Onion
34
Pretzels
35
Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour
36
Flour
37
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Reduced Iron
39
Thiamine Mononitrate-b1
40
Riboflavin-b2
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
42
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
43
Cottonseed Oil
44
Yeast
45
Sodium Hydroxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FUMIGANT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
46
Chili Bits
47
Glutinous Rice
48
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
49
Water
50
Wheat
51
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
52
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
53
Chili
54
Corn Nuts
55
Corn
56
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean
57
Canola Oil
58
Almonds

Full Ingredient List

Hot & spicy peanuts (peanuts, peanut oil, hot & spicy seasoning [salt, dextrose, spices, extractives of paprika & natural flavorings with no greater than 2% silicone dioxide and/or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed, soybean] added to prevent caking]), cajun sesame sticks (unbleached wheat flour [contains malted barley flour as a natural enzyme additive], soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, cajun seasoning [salt, spice (including paprika for color), dehydrated onion, torula yeast, green bell pepper, dehydrated garlic, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), paprika oleoresin (color)], salt, beet powder [color], turmeric [color]), everything sesame sticks (unbleached wheat flour [contains malted barley flour as a natural enzyme additive], soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, poppy seeds, salt, garlic powder, minced onion, turmeric [color], beet powder [color]), pretzels (unbleached enriched wheat flour [flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate-b1, riboflavin-b2, folic acid], corn syrup, soybean and/or cottonseed oil, salt, yeast, sodium hydroxide), chili bits (glutinous rice, soy sauce [water, soybean, wheat, sea salt], sugar, chili, artificial coloring: fd&c yellow #5 & #6), corn nuts (corn, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or canola oil, salt), almonds (almonds, peanut oil, salt).

Other products containing Hot & Spicy Peanuts

Hot & Spicy Peanuts is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Santa Fe Trail Mix

Neighbours outside Casey's General Store with screening scores in the same high band as Santa Fe Trail Mix (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Casey's General Store; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Santa Fe Trail Mix has a longer ingredient list than 98% 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 0098437240380: 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.