Safe

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix

by Kirkland Signature

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0196633976796 · Kirkland Signature · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0196633976796 · Serving size 28g

The verdict

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix by Kirkland Signature scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Almonds, Peanut Oil, 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 44 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.

33976796 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Organic Salsa Medium · ±0 BOOK-OFF …976796 · July 2026

12 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 33976796 · 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: Organic Salsa Medium · Nearest score peer is Organic Salsa Medium 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. Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack…100/1002. Organic Salsa Medium: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Salsa Medium100/1003. Apple cider vinegar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Apple cider vinegar100/1004. Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lightly Breaded Chicken B…100/1005. Potassium Cocktail: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Potassium Cocktail100/100
High-band neighbours for Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix (100/100) outside Kirkland Signature.
Chart values as text

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

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix
100/100
Organic Salsa Medium
100/100
Apple cider vinegar
100/100
Lightly Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks
100/100
Potassium Cocktail
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. Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and 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

1
Almonds
2
Peanut Oil
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Tomato Powder
6
Molasses Powder
7
Vinegar Powder
8
Onion Powder
9
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
10
Garlic Powder
11
Paprika Extract
12
Habanero Chili Pepper Powder
13
Natural Smoke Flavor
14
Spices
15
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
16
Mustard
17
Natural Flavor
18
Cashews
19
Enriched Wheat Flour
20
Soybean Oil
21
Sesame Seeds
22
Honey
23
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Bulgur Wheat
25
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
26
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
27
Beet Powder
28
Turmeric
29
Pecans
30
Rice Flour
31
Tapioca Flour
32
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Whey Powder
34
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
35
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
36
Brown Sugar
37
Yeast Extract
38
Corn
39
Canola Oil
40
Rosemary Extract
41
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
42
Corn Solids
43
Sesame
44
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

ALMONDS, PEANUT OIL, SUGAR, SALT, TOMATO POWDER, MOLASSES POWDER, VINEGAR POWDER, ONION POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, HABANERO CHILI PEPPER POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SPICES, MALIC ACID, MUSTARD, NATURAL FLAVOR, CASHEWS, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, SESAME SEEDS, HONEY, WHEAT STARCH, BULGUR WHEAT, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, BEET POWDER, TURMERIC, PECANS, RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, WHEY POWDER, CITRIC ACID, TORULA YEAST, BROWN SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, CORN, CANOLA OIL, ROSEMARY EXTRACT, ASCORBIC ACID, CORN SOLIDS. CONTAINS SESAME, WHEAT.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries Nuts and their products Nut confectioneries Caramelized mixed nuts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix

Neighbours outside Kirkland Signature with screening scores in the same high band as Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kirkland Signature; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Sweet Heat Seasoned Snack Mix has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0196633976796: 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.