Avoid

Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry

by Essential Everyday

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041303011492 · Essential Everyday · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041303011492 · Serving size 1 PACKET (3.2 g)

The verdict

Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry by Essential Everyday scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 6 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Aspartame. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
6
Many flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041303011492
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

03011492 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 6 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-MOST 62% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Neon sour gummi · ±0 BOOK-OFF …011492 · July 2026

13 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 03011492 · 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: Neon sour gummi worms candy, neon sour gummi worms · Nearest score peer is Neon sour gummi worms candy, neon sour gummi worms 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Light With Caffeine Wild …0/1002. Neon sour gummi worms candy, neon sour gummi worms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Neon sour gummi worms can…0/1003. Break 'N Bake Cookie Dough With Red And Green Tree Sprinkles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Break 'N Bake Cookie Doug…0/1004. Neon Sour Gummi Worms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Neon Sour Gummi Worms0/1005. Autumn Mix Mellowcreme Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Autumn Mix Mellowcreme Ca…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry (0/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry
0/100
Neon sour gummi worms candy, neon sour gummi worms
0/100
Break 'N Bake Cookie Dough With Red And Green Tree Sprinkles
0/100
Neon Sour Gummi Worms
0/100
Autumn Mix Mellowcreme Candy
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry scores 90.5 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 16,917 Beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (6 flagged of 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
2
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
3
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
4
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
5
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
6
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
7
Calcium Silicate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
GRAS
8
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Vitamin B3
10
Calcium Pantothenate And Biotin
11
And B Vitamins
12
Natural And Artificial Flavors
13
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
14
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
Color
16
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Vitamin B6
18
Cyanocobalamin
19
Vitamin B12
20
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Citric acid, maltodextrin, aspartame**, caffeine, contains less than 2% of acesulfame potassium, magnesium oxide, calcium silicate, niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate and biotin (b vitamins), natural and artificial flavors, red 40, titanium dioxide (color), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), yellow 5, blue 1.

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry

Neighbours outside Essential Everyday in the same lower screening band as Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Essential Everyday; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Light With Caffeine Wild Strawberry Drink Mix, Wild Strawberry's 6 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 0041303011492: 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.