Tex Mix Snack Mix
The processing score reflects 82 ingredients, including artificial colors, artificial flavoring, MSG, plus 3 more we flag. The nutrition score reflects high sodium and total fat.
Nutrition Highlights
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Ingredients
36 listed · 16 flagged for reviewENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, CORN OIL), RYE FLOUR, SEASONING BLEND (SALT, SUGAR, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE POWDER [MALTODEXTRIN, MOLASSES, VINEGAR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, SPICE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CARAMEL COLOR WITH SULFITES), EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, YEAST, SUGAR, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE BLEND (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, WHEY, CARAMEL COLOR WITH SULFITES, CORN SYRUP BLEND (CORN SYRUP, MALT SYRUP, ENZYMES, CARAMEL COLOR), BUTTER (CREAM, WATER, SALT), PAPRIKA COLOR, RYE FLAVOR (RYE FLOUR, SALT, GROUND CARAWAY SEEDS, FUMARIC ACID, SODIUM DIACETATE), ONION POWDER, BUTTERMILK, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BAKING SODA, TORULA YEAST, CORN STARCH, SPICES, EXTRACT OF MALTED BARLEY AND CORN, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, GARLIC POWDER, GARLIC OIL, YELLOW 5, SOYBEAN OIL, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5 LAKE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, RED 40 LAKE, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN COLOR.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, Tex Mix Snack Mix scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Corn-Based Sweeteners (Corn Syrup Blend (Corn Syrup, Malt Syrup, Enzymes, Caramel Color)): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.
- Artificial Colors (Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Yellow 5 Lake, +1 more): Synthetic colors are definitive UPF markers.
- Natural Flavors (Monosodium Glutamate, Natural Smoke Flavor): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.
- Other Additives (Sodium Hydroxide): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
Within Other Snacks, this product is more processed than about 65% of the 7,439 products we've analyzed.
Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.
What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Tex Mix Snack Mix's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: High Oleic Canola Oil, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Soybean Oil, Cottonseed Oil, Corn Oil), Garlic Oil, Soybean Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Each Of The Following: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Maltodextrin, Sugar.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator
In this product: Yeast, Torula Yeast.
Industrial fermentation for additive production.
- Natural PreservativesProcessing indicator
In this product: Caramel Color With Sulfites.
Natural sources but industrial application.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Soda.
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
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