Chex Mix, Snack Mix
Chex Mix, Snack Mix by Chex mix has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 9 of 9 ingredients tracked for Chex Mix, Snack Mix have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Chex Mix, Snack Mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Whole Wheat, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Popcorn, Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Sunflower And/Or Rice Bran), Sugar, Maltodextrin. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Dried Cheddar Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Buttermilk, Whey, Natural Flavor, Color (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake And Other Color Added), Baking Soda, Barley Malt Syrup, Butter Concentrate (Cream, Salt, Natural Flavor), Distilled Monoglycerides, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Trisodium Phosphate, Yellow Corn Flour, Onion Powder, Calcium Carbonate, Disodium Phosphate, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate, Cheddar Cheese Powder (Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes, Disodium Phosphate), Sour Cream Solids (Sour Cream [Cream, Cultures, Lactic Acid], Cultured Nonfat Dry Milk Solids, Citric Acid), Monocalcium Phosphate, Lactic Acid,
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chex Mix, Snack Mix: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Chex mix
- Barcode
- 0016000483026
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chex Mix, Snack Mix above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Chex Mix, Snack Mix's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Chex Mix, Snack Mix's 4.2/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chex Mix, Snack Mix's 4.2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.