Concern

Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center

by Hammond's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0691355895887 · Hammond's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0691355895887 · Serving size 64 g (64 g)

The verdict

Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center by Hammond's scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Dark Chocolate, Cocoa Mass, 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

55895887 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Polysorbate 80 PHOTO-FINISH Cranberry-Raspberry Flavored Soda · ±0 BOOK-OFF …895887 · July 2026

10 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 80). Source sheet 55895887 · 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: Cranberry-Raspberry Flavored Soda Mix With Other Natural & Artificial Flavors · Nearest score peer is Cranberry-Raspberry Flavored Soda Mix With Other Natural & Artificial Flavors 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.

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. Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hammond's, dark chocolate…65/1002. Cranberry-Raspberry Flavored Soda Mix With Other Natural & Artificial Flavors: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cranberry-Raspberry Flavo…65/1003. Diet soda mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Diet soda mix65/1004. Soda mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Soda mix65/1005. Peach Iced Tea Artificially Flavored Sparkling Drink Mix: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Peach Iced Tea Artificial…65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center (65/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center
65/100
Cranberry-Raspberry Flavored Soda Mix With Other Natural & Artificial Flavors
65/100
Diet soda mix
65/100
Soda mix
65/100
Peach Iced Tea Artificially Flavored Sparkling Drink Mix
65/100

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. Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center scores 21.1 points below that category average (65/100 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

Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dark Chocolate
2
Cocoa Mass
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Soy Lecithin
6
Emulsifier
7
Vanilla Extract
8
Grasshopper Filling
9
Cream
10
Heavy Cream
11
Milk
12
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
13
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
14
Granulated Sugar
15
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
16
Marshmallow Fluff
17
Sugar Syrup
18
Egg Whites
19
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
20
Unsalted Butter
21
Pasteurized Cream
22
Flavorings
23
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
24
Vanilla Paste
25
Madagascar Bourbon
26
Vanilla Extract
27
Vanilla Bean Specks
28
Gum Tragacanth
29
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
30
Preservative
31
Peppermint Flavor
32
Neon Green And Lemon Yellow Color Gels
33
Water
34
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Glycerine
36
Fd&c Yellow #5 Sugar
37
Modified Food Starch
38
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
39
Carrageenan Gum
40
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Benzoate
41
Xanthum Gum
42
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

Full Ingredient List

Dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [emulsifier], natural vanilla extract), grasshopper filling (cream [heavy cream, milk, polysorbate 80, carrageenan], granulated sugar, corn syrup, marshmallow fluff [corn syrup, sugar syrup, dried egg whites, vanillin], unsalted butter [pasteurized cream, natural flavorings], invert sugar, pure vanilla paste [sugar, madagascar bourbon, vanilla extract, vanilla bean specks, gum tragacanth {vegetable based thickener}], potassium sorbate [preservative], natural peppermint flavor, neon green and lemon yellow color gels [water, high fructose corn syrup, glycerine, fd&c yellow #5 sugar, modified food starch, fd&c blue #1, carrageenan gum, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate {preservatives}, xanthum gum, citric acid]).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolate candies

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center

Neighbours outside Hammond's near Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hammond's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Polysorbate 80 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 80. Open Polysorbate 80
  • Compare Hammond's, dark chocolate shell with a creamy mint chocolate center's 3 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 0691355895887: 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.