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Great Value Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-08-22 · Great Value

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

Great Value caramel cashew sweet & salty mix of peanuts, milk chocolate caramel bites, cashews and m&m's milk chocolate candies trail mix, caramel cashew received a Longevity Score of 48 out of 100 (limit frequency). Sweet mix with nuts but high in sugar and additives. Strengths include nuts and moderate protein, while main considerations include high added sugar, artificial colors, and sweeteners.

Longevity Score 48/100

What helped the score?

  • Contains nuts
  • Moderate protein

What held the score back?

  • High added sugar
  • Contains artificial colors
  • Contains sweeteners

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Source data, GTIN, and Food Quality Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Great Value Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew
Category
Snacks (source: Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks)
GTIN / UPC
00078742033457
Serving size
29 g (3 Tbsp)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Food Quality Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Great Value

Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

Sweet mix with nuts but high in sugar and additives.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

1g fiber

4% DV

Artificial Colors

Red 40

Added Sweetener

Sugar

Contains Seed Oils

Peanut oil

Whole Foods

Peanuts, Cashews

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

Key Positives

  • Contains nuts
  • Moderate protein

Key Concerns

  • High added sugar
  • Contains artificial colors
  • Contains sweeteners
  • Ultra-processed ingredients

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

Peanuts

Whole-food ingredients

PeanutsCashews

Processing signals

Hydrogenated oilsCorn syrup

Additives

Artificial flavorXanthan gum

Seed oils

Peanut oil

Artificial colors

Red 40Blue 1Yellow 6

Added sweeteners

SugarCorn syrup

Ingredients

Ingredient list

PEANUTS (PEANUTS, PEANUT OIL, SALT), MILK CHOCOLATE CARAMEL BITES (MILK CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, MILK, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, SOY LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT], CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK [MILK, SKIM MILK, SUGAR], SUGAR, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL [PALM KERNEL AND SOYBEAN OIL], EVAPORATED MILK, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, GUM ARABIC, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE, XANTHAN GUM), CASHEWS (CASHEWS, PEANUT OIL, SALT), M&M'S MILK CHOCOLATE CANDIES (MILK CHOCOLATE [SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, COCOA BUTTER, LACTOSE, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS], SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, LESS THAN 1% OF CORN SYRUP, DEXTRIN, COLORING [INCLUDES RED 40 LAKE, RED 40, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 LAKE, YELLOW 5, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2], GUM ACACIA).

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

Macronutrients

Calories

150

8% DV

Total Carbs

13g

5% DV

Protein

4g

8% DV

Saturated Fat

3g

15% DV

Fiber

1g

4% DV

Net Carbs

12g

4% DV

Sugar

9g

Added Sugar

9g

18% DV

Total Fat

10g

13% DV

Sodium

75mg

3% DV

Unsaturated Fat

7g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1508% DV
Total Carbs13g5% DV
Protein4g8% DV
Saturated Fat3g15% DV
Fiber1g4% DV
Net Carbs12g4% DV
Sugar9g—
Added Sugar9g18% DV
Total Fat10g13% DV
Sodium75mg3% DV
Unsaturated Fat7g—

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

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (9g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

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

    A consideration: Ingredients often higher in saturated fat (Mentions "palm kernel", "hydrogenated". See ingredients for details.)

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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 (4g)

    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: Higher sugar (9g)

    This product has 2 additional signals 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", "corn syrup". See ingredients for details.)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Workout Recovery

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Lower protein (4g)

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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 Great Value Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Moderately 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?

Great Value Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew shows about 0.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Great Value Caramel Cashew Sweet & Salty Mix Of Peanuts, Milk Chocolate Caramel Bites, Cashews And M&m's Milk Chocolate Candies Trail Mix, Caramel Cashew: 9g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Sugar, Corn syrup. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Contains nuts; Moderate protein.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: High added sugar; Contains artificial colors; Contains sweeteners.

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 Food Quality Guide catalog.

Source data and Food Quality Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Food Quality 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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