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Caribou crunch mix

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0798493167644 · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0798493167644 · Serving size 40 g (40 g)

The verdict

Caribou crunch mix scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 81 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 81-component record, beginning with Dark Chocolate, Sugar, Chocolate Liquor. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 81 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

93167644 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Caribou crunch mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 81 ing. REG-SPARSE 10% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …167644 · July 2026

8 of 81 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 93167644 · 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

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.

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. Caribou crunch mix scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 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

Caribou crunch mix lists 81 ingredients on its label

81 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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: 81 (100th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 81 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dark Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Chocolate Liquor
4
Cocoa Butter
5
Anhydrous Milk Fat
6
Soy Lecithin
7
Emulsifier
8
Vanilla
9
Confectionery Coating
10
Vegetable Oils
11
Palm Kernel
12
Palm
13
Palm
14
Dry Whey
15
Reduced Mineral Whey Powder
16
Whole Milk Powder
17
Yogurt Powder
18
Nonfat Dry Milk
19
Organic Cocoa
20
Artificial Color
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Artificial Flavor
23
Milk Chocolate
24
Milk
25
Vanilla
26
Pretzels
27
Enriched Wheat Flour
28
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
29
Vegetable Oil
30
Corn
31
Canola
32
Cottonseed
33
Soybean
34
Sodium Bicarbonate And Yeast
35
Caramel Ball
36
Evaporated Milk
37
Dipotassium Phosphate & Carrageenan
38
Stabilizers
39
Vitamin D3
40
Whipping Cream
41
Cream
42
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
43
Salted Butter
44
Sweet Cream
45
Water
46
Egg Whites
47
Dried Cranberries
48
Dried Cranberries
49
Sunflower Oil
50
Raisins
51
Brownie Bites
52
Wheat Flour
53
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
54
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
55
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean
56
Cottonseed Oil
57
Glycerine
58
High Fructose Corn Syrup And Salt
59
Almonds
60
Caramel Corn
61
Corn Syrup Solids
62
Brown Sugar
63
Popcorn
64
Corn Oil
65
Butter
66
Molasses
67
Beta Carotene
68
Color
69
Nonpareils
70
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
71
Confectioner's Glaze
72
Carnauba Wax
73
Red #3
74
Red #40
75
Yellow #6
76
Blue #2
77
Yellow #5
78
Blue #1
79
Gum Arabic
80
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
81
Food Grade Lac Resin

Full Ingredient List

Dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, anhydrous milk fat, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla), confectionery coating (sugar, vegetable oils (palm kernel, palm, hydrogenated palm), dry whey, reduced mineral whey powder, whole milk powder, yogurt powder {cultured whey and non-fat milk}, nonfat dry milk, cocoa, artificial color, soy lecithin, salt, artificial flavor, vanilla), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, milk, chocolate liquor, soy lecithin, and vanilla), pretzels (enriched wheat flour, salt, corn syrup, vegetable oil [may contain: corn, canola, cottonseed, soybean], sodium bicarbonate and yeast), caramel ball (corn syrup, sugar, evaporated milk (milk, dipotassium phosphate & carrageenan [stabilizers], vitamin d3), whipping cream (cream, carrageenan), salted butter (sweet cream, salt), water, dried egg whites, salt, soy lecithin, vanilla), dried cranberries [cranberries, sunflower oil, sugar], raisins [raisins, sunflower oil], brownie bites (wheat flour, powdered sugar, cocoa [processed with alkali], sugar, dextrose, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, glycerine, high fructose corn syrup and salt), almonds, caramel corn (corn syrup solids, brown sugar, sugar, popcorn, corn oil, butter [cream, salt], molasses, salt, soy lecithin, beta carotene [color], nonpareils (sugar, cornstarch, confectioner's glaze, carnauba wax, red #3, red #40, yellow #6, blue #2, yellow #5, blue #1), gum arabic, corn syrup, sugar, maltodextrin, confectioner's glaze [food grade lac resin]).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Caribou crunch mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 81-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Caribou crunch mix'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 0798493167644: 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.