Concern

Mint Savor, Tangerine

by Mint Savor Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0859457003016 · Mint Savor Llc · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0859457003016 · Serving size 2 PIECES) | ( (2 g)

The verdict

Mint Savor, Tangerine by Mint Savor Llc scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Sorbitol, Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavoring; 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0859457003016
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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

57003016 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mint Savor, Tangerine label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-PART 57% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 69% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Spinning Heart Tin · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003016 · July 2026

4 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 57003016 · 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: Spinning Heart Tin With Chocolate Flavored Candy, Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Spinning Heart Tin With Chocolate Flavored Candy, Chocolate 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.

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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Mint Savor, Tangerine: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mint Savor, Tangerine60/1002. Spinning Heart Tin With Chocolate Flavored Candy, Chocolate: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Spinning Heart Tin With C…60/1003. Candy Tongue Art: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Candy Tongue Art60/1004. The Elf On The Shelf, Scout Elf Candy Holder With Candy Inside: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The Elf On The Shelf, Sco…60/1005. The Elf On The Shelf, Dry Erase Message Board Candy: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The Elf On The Shelf, Dry…60/100
Short-label cross-brand peers (7 ingredients on 0859457003016).
Chart values as text

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

Mint Savor, Tangerine
60/100
Spinning Heart Tin With Chocolate Flavored Candy, Chocolate
60/100
Candy Tongue Art
60/100
The Elf On The Shelf, Scout Elf Candy Holder With Candy Inside
60/100
The Elf On The Shelf, Dry Erase Message Board Candy
60/100

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. Mint Savor, Tangerine scores 30.5 points below that category average (60/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Mint Savor, Tangerine lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 31st percentile a longer ingredient list than 31% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Above this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Above this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Above this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (31st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 Beverages 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 7 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Sorbitol, citric acid, natural and artificial flavoring, malic acid magnesium stearate, sucralose, gum arabic, fd&c yellow #6

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Mint Savor, Tangerine

Neighbours outside Mint Savor Llc near Mint Savor, Tangerine's mid-band score (60/100). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Mint Savor Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mint Savor, Tangerine's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Mint Savor, Tangerine's 2 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 0859457003016: 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.