Chex mix Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Mix snack mix

Mix snack mix: 5/5 ingredient safety

Mix snack mix by Chex mix has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Mix snack mix, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Mix snack mix sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Enriched corn meal (degermed yellow corn meal, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, candy coated chocolate flavored pieces (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, vanilla, sugar, artificial coloring [includes red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake], gum arabic, corn syrup, confectioner's glaze [carnauba wax, mineral oil]), vegetable oil (palm, soybean, canola, rice bran and/or peanut), peanuts, high fructose corn syrup. contains 2% or less of: popcorn, fructose, salt, cocoa processed with alkali, molasses, soy lecithin, distilled monoglycerides, cocoa, yeast, baking soda, corn starch, yellow corn flour, barley malt syrup, natural flavor, xanthan gum. freshness preserved by bht & tbhq.

Product Details

Barcode
0016000151369
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Mix snack mix's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mix snack mix's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Mix snack mix's 5/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mix snack mix's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.