Spartan Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Mixed hard candies

Mixed hard candies: 2/5 ingredient safety

Mixed hard candies by Spartan has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries

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 Mixed hard candies, 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 Mixed hard candies sits nationally

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Cinnamon discs - sugar, corn syrup, artificial flavor, fd&c red 40, blue 1 and red 3. butterscotch discs - sugar, corn syrup, salt, artificial flavor, fd&c yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40 and blue 1. peppermint discs - sugar, corn syrup, natural peppermint oil, titanium dioxide (for color), fd&c red 40. spearmint discs - sugar, corn syrup, natural spearmint oil, titanium dioxide (for color), artificial colors including yellow 5 and blue 1.

Product Details

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213033792
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Mixed hard candies above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mixed hard candies's 2/5 average puts it in the lower 100%, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Mixed hard candies's 2/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mixed hard candies's 2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Caution 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.