Avoid

Drink Mix

by Western Family

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0015400166157 · Western Family. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0015400166157 · Serving size 1.1g

The verdict

Drink Mix by Western Family scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Aspartame; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0015400166157
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00166157 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Drink Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-FULL 90% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 65% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Pumpkin Cream Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …166157 · July 2026

9 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 00166157 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Loaf Cake · Nearest score peer is Pumpkin Cream Cheese Loaf Cake at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Drink Mix: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Drink Mix45/1002. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Loaf Cake: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pumpkin Cream Cheese Loaf…45/1003. Crescent Rolls: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Crescent Rolls45/1004. Sensations cheese dip: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sensations cheese dip45/1005. Sugar free gelatin dessert: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sugar free gelatin dessert45/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Drink Mix's 45/100 while 30% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Drink Mix
45/100
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Loaf Cake
45/100
Crescent Rolls
45/100
Sensations cheese dip
45/100
Sugar free gelatin dessert
45/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Drink Mix lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 35th percentile a longer ingredient list than 35% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 10 (35th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 10 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, ASPARTAME**, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, RED 40, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CALCIUM SILICATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Drink Mix

Neighbours outside Western Family in the same lower screening band as Drink Mix (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Western Family; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Drink Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Drink Mix's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0015400166157: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.