SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX
SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX by Planters has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above 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 0.18 points above 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. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL 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 SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Peanuts, corn, vegetable oil (soybean, peanut, corn and canola oil), yellow corn masa flour, unbleached wheat flour, sesame seeds, bulgur wheat, contains 2% or less of salt, sea salt, dextrose, dried chili peppers, maltodextrin, spices, dried onion, corn flour, vegetable color (turmeric extract, beet powder, oleoresin paprika, paprika extract), dried garlic, potato flour, monosodium glutamate (flavor enhancer), dried tomato, torula yeast, dried green bell peppers, potato maltodextrin, dried corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, sugar, sodium diacetate (for tartness), natural and artificial flavor, spice extractives, modified cornstarch, malic acid, lactic acid, disodium phosphate, sodium citrate (controls acidity), citric acid, malted barley flour, disodium inosinate and disodium, guanylate (flavor enhancer), dried mustard, vinegar, powder, artificial color (red 40 lake).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Planters
- Barcode
- 0029000072190
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX rank on ingredient safety?
SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX's 4.3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; SPICY NUTS & CAJUN STICKS TRAIL MIX's 4.3/5 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.