Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel
Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel by Chex mix has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel 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 Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Roasted Peanuts (Peanuts, Peanut Oil, Salt), Roasted Almonds (Almonds, Canola, Safflower And/Or Sunflower Oil, Salt), Chocolate Flavored Coated Peanuts (Confectionery Coating [Sugar, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel, Palm, Coconut), Cocoa (May Be Processed With Alkali), Whey Powder, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla], Roasted Peanuts [Peanuts, Corn Oil], Evaporated Cane Syrup, Sea Salt, Gum Arabic, Corn Syrup, Confectioner'S Glaze [Shellac, Coconut Oil]), Sweetened Dried Cranberries (Sugar, Dried Cranberries, Glycerin, Citric Acid, Sunflower Oil), Sugar, Enriched Yellow Corn Meal (Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Palm, Canola, Soybean And/Or Rice Bran Oil), Whole Grain Rice, Rice. Contains 2% Or Less Of: Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Soy Lecithin, Molasses, Calcium Carbonate, Distilled Monoglycerides, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Cocoa Powder, Yellow Corn Flour, Iron And Zinc (Miner
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Chex mix
- Barcode
- 0016000443129
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Trail Mix, Chocolate Caramel's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.