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Chex Mix Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-19 · Chex Mix

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Chex Mix sweet and salty honey nut snack mix family size received a Longevity Score of 38 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Refined flour snack with added sugar, seed-oil blend, and additives; low fiber and protein for the calories. Strengths include modest calories per serving (130), low saturated fat (0.5g), and low sodium per serving (150mg), while main considerations include refined enriched flour is the primary ingredient, added sugar plus brown sugar, dextrose, and molasses, and seed oil blend and bht preservative.

Longevity Score 38/100

What helped the score?

  • Modest calories per serving (130)
  • Low saturated fat (0.5g)
  • Low sodium per serving (150mg)

What held the score back?

  • Refined enriched flour is the primary ingredient
  • Added sugar plus brown sugar, dextrose, and molasses
  • Seed oil blend and BHT preservative

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Chex Mix Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size
Category
Snacks
GTIN / UPC
00016000207288
Serving size
30 g (1/2 cup)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Chex Mix

Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Refined flour snack with added sugar, seed-oil blend, and additives; low fiber and protein for the calories.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

1g fiber

4% DV

Refined Grains

Enriched flour

Added Sweetener

Sugar

Contains Seed Oils

Soybean vegetable oil

Whole Foods

Whole wheat, Degermed yellow co…

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Modest calories per serving (130)
  • Low saturated fat (0.5g)
  • Low sodium per serving (150mg)

Key Concerns

  • Refined enriched flour is the primary ingredient
  • Added sugar plus brown sugar, dextrose, and molasses
  • Seed oil blend and BHT preservative
  • Low fiber and protein (under 1g and 2g)

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Whole wheatDegermed yellow corn meal

Processing signals

Enriched flourDegermed corn mealMaltodextrinMalted barley extractTrisodium phosphate

Additives

BHT preservativeNatural and artificial flavorDistilled monoglyceridesSoy lecithinBaking soda

Seed oils

Soybean vegetable oilHigh oleic soybean oilHigh oleic canola and/or palm oil

Added sweeteners

SugarBrown sugarDextroseDried honeyDried molassesBarley malt syrup

Ingredients

Ingredient list

Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Degermed Yellow Corn Meal, Whole Wheat, Sugar, Vegetable Oil (soybean, high oleic soybean, high oleic canola and/or palm). Contains 2% or less of: Brown Sugar, Salt, Dextrose, Baking Soda, Yeast, Dried Molasses, Malted Barley Extract, Barley Malt Syrup, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Distilled Monoglycerides, Maltodextrin, Yellow Corn Flour, Trisodium Phosphate, Dried Honey, Calcium Carbonate, Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin. Freshness Preserved by BHT.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

130

7% DV

Total Carbs

23g

8% DV

Protein

2g

4% DV

Saturated Fat

0.5g

3% DV

Fiber

1g

4% DV

Net Carbs

22g

8% DV

Sugar

5g

Added Sugar

5g

10% DV

Total Fat

3.5g

4% DV

Sodium

150mg

7% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

3g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1307% DV
Total Carbs23g8% DV
Protein2g4% DV
Saturated Fat0.5g3% DV
Fiber1g4% DV
Net Carbs22g8% DV
Sugar5g—
Added Sugar5g10% DV
Total Fat3.5g4% DV
Sodium150mg7% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat3g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Low fiber (1g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low saturated fat (0.5g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (2g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Sweetener signals (Sugar, Brown sugar)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar", "syrup", "dextrose". See ingredients for details.)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (23g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Chex Mix Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Ultra-processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Chex Mix Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size shows about 0.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Chex Mix Sweet And Salty Honey Nut Snack Mix Family Size: 5g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Sugar, Brown sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Modest calories per serving (130); Low saturated fat (0.5g); Low sodium per serving (150mg).

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Refined enriched flour is the primary ingredient; Added sugar plus brown sugar, dextrose, and molasses; Seed oil blend and BHT preservative.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Snacks, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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