Safe

Chocolate Mint Truffle

by Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0729776713449 · Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0729776713449 · Serving size 36g

The verdict

Chocolate Mint Truffle by Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Sugar, Dairy Product Solids, Non-dairy Creamer; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 13 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0729776713449
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

76713449 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chocolate Mint Truffle label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 37% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Dark Hot Cocoa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …713449 · July 2026

6 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 76713449 · 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: Dark Hot Cocoa · Nearest score peer is Dark Hot Cocoa 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chocolate Mint Truffle: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chocolate Mint Truffle95/1002. Dark Hot Cocoa: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dark Hot Cocoa95/1003. Mexican Hot Chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mexican Hot Chocolate95/1004. Stephen's, dark chocolate hot cocoa: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Stephen's, dark chocolate…95/1005. Stephen's, gourmet hot cocoa, chocolate mint: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Stephen's, gourmet hot co…95/100
High-band neighbours for Chocolate Mint Truffle (95/100) outside Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa.
Chart values as text

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

Chocolate Mint Truffle
95/100
Dark Hot Cocoa
95/100
Mexican Hot Chocolate
95/100
Stephen's, dark chocolate hot cocoa
95/100
Stephen's, gourmet hot cocoa, chocolate mint
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Chocolate Mint Truffle scores 4.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

Chocolate Mint Truffle lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (63rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 products (2%)

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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, dairy product solids, non-dairy creamer (coconut oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono - and diglycerides, dipotassium phosphate), cocoa (processed with alkali), natural and artificial flavors, salt, carrageenan. Contains: milk. Gluten free.

Other products containing Milk. Gluten Free

Milk. Gluten Free is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chocolate Mint Truffle

Neighbours outside Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa with screening scores in the same high band as Chocolate Mint Truffle (95/100 here). No other Stephen’s Gourmet Hot Cocoa products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chocolate Mint Truffle's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Chocolate Mint Truffle's 1 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 0729776713449: 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.