The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray
Contains 4 flagged ingredients
The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray by The Fresh Market receives a safety score of 0/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 4 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray by The Fresh Market carries a composite safety score of 0/100, which we classify as "Avoid" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 4 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, The fresh market, merry christmas sweet selection tray is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 0/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 4 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Milk chocolate peanuts (milk chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, milk, soy lecithin, vanilla], peanuts [peanuts, canola oil)], holiday sweet treat (roasted, salted peanuts [blanched peanuts, canola oil, salt], flame raisins, milk chocolate gems [milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate liquor, whole milk powder, lactose, soy lecithin, salt, vanillin (an artificial flavor]), sugar, artificial coloring [includes red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, blue 1, blue 1 lake], gum arabic, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze), roasted, salted almonds (almonds, canola oil, salt), chocolate peanut butter pretzel nuggets (confectionary coating [sugar, palm kernel and palm oils, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), nonfat dry milk, dry whey (milk), soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanilla], peanut butter pretzel gems [wheat flour (contains wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), peanut butter (peanuts, sucrose, mono and diglycerides [as emulsifiers], salt), salt, vegetable oil [contains one more of corn, canola, or soybean], malt, leavening [yeast, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate], corn syrup, modified starch [tapioca]. confectioner's glaze). salted caramel pretzels (salted caramel coating [sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk solids, whole milk solids, salt, artificial color (yellow lake #6, yellow lake #5, blue lake #2), soy lecithin (an emulsifier), natural flavor], pretzels [soft red winter wheat flour, salt, sunflower or canola or rice oil, corn syrup, malt syrup, yeast]).
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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