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Heb liquod drink enhancer

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041220323098 · H-E-B. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041220323098

The verdict

Heb liquod drink enhancer by H-E-B scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Purified Water, Malic Acid, Citric Acid; 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 14 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041220323098
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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

20323098 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Heb liquod drink enhancer label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 14 ing. REG-MOST 71% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 49% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Hill country fare, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …323098 · July 2026

10 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 20323098 · 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: Hill country fare, diet pineapple soda, pineapple · Nearest score peer is Hill country fare, diet pineapple soda, pineapple 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Heb liquod drink enhancer: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Heb liquod drink enhancer20/1002. Hill country fare, diet pineapple soda, pineapple: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hill country fare, diet p…20/1003. Hill country fare, diet soda, orange: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hill country fare, diet s…20/1004. Hill country fare, diet grape soda, garpe: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hill country fare, diet g…20/1005. Grape flavored drink, grape: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Grape flavored drink, gra…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Heb liquod drink enhancer (20/100 on 14 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Heb liquod drink enhancer
20/100
Hill country fare, diet pineapple soda, pineapple
20/100
Hill country fare, diet soda, orange
20/100
Hill country fare, diet grape soda, garpe
20/100
Grape flavored drink, grape
20/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Heb liquod drink enhancer lists 14 ingredients on its label

14 51st percentile a longer ingredient list than 51% 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 14 (51st 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 14 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

purified water, malic acid, citric acid, natural flavors, potassium citrate, sucralose, contains 2% or less of: sodium citrate, acesulfame potassium, red 40, calcium citrate, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), blue 1

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Heb liquod drink enhancer

Neighbours outside H-E-B in the same lower screening band as Heb liquod drink enhancer (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Heb liquod drink enhancer's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 14-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Heb liquod drink enhancer's 4 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 0041220323098: 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.