Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix
by Cathy Croce
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0616453285798 · Cathy Croce · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix by Cathy Croce scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Sesame Sticks, Unbleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour As A Natural Enzyme Additive. 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 54 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
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
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.
53285798 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix label screening desk
15 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Malt). Source sheet 53285798 · 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: Smoky Sweet Bbq Sauce · Nearest score peer is Smoky Sweet Bbq Sauce 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.
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
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. Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked 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
Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix lists 54 ingredients on its label
54 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 81,477 products we track
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
- 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
Full Ingredient List
Sesame sticks (unbleached wheat flour [contains malted barley flour as a natural enzyme additive], soybean oil, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, salt, beet powder [color], turmeric [color]), mini pretzels (enriched wheat flour [contains: wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], salt, malt, vegetable oil [contains one or more of the following: canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil), leavening [contains one or more of the following: yeast, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate]), smoke flavored peanuts (peanuts, non gmo canola oil, peanut oil, salt, maltodextrin, natural hickory smoke flavor, yeast, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, natural flavors), bbq flavored corn nuts (corn, high oleic canola oil, salt, sugar, dextrose, dehydrated vegetable (onion, tomato, garlic), spices, yeast extract, paprika, fructose, extractives of paprika, natural flavors (including smoke), torula yeast, malted barley flour, caramel color and less than 2% silicon dioxide to prevent caking, smoked flavored almonds (almonds, non gmo canola oil, salt, maltodextrin, natural hickory smoke flavor, yeast, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, natural flavors), peanuts (non gmo canola oil, peanut oil, salt)
Other products containing Caramel Color And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide To Prevent Caking
Caramel Color And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide To Prevent Caking is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix
Neighbours outside Cathy Croce with screening scores in the same high band as Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix (100/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Cathy Croce; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (54 on 0616453285798).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Deaf Man's, Hickory Smoked Trail Mix has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Malt first, then work through the remaining 54 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0616453285798: 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.