Avoid

Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion

by Mio

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043000005859 · Mio · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043000005859 · Serving size 1/2 tsp (2.5 ml)

The verdict

Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion by Mio scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Citric Acid, Malic Acid. 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0043000005859
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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

00005859 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Drink Mix, Raspberry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005859 · July 2026

10 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00005859 · 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: Drink Mix, Raspberry Ice · Nearest score peer is Drink Mix, Raspberry Ice 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. Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tropical Fusion Liquid Wa…25/1002. Drink Mix, Raspberry Ice: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Drink Mix, Raspberry Ice25/1003. Gelatin Dessert, Tropical Fusion: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gelatin Dessert, Tropical…25/1004. jello no bake double chocolate cheesecake: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. jello no bake double choc…25/1005. Sweetened peach mango powdered drink mix: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweetened peach mango pow…25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion (25/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion
25/100
Drink Mix, Raspberry Ice
25/100
Gelatin Dessert, Tropical Fusion
25/100
jello no bake double chocolate cheesecake
25/100
Sweetened peach mango powdered drink mix
25/100

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. Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion scores 65.5 points below that category average (25/100 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 and beverages preparations products

Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Water, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Caffeine, Contains Less Than 2% Of Taurine, Guarana Extract, Ginseng Extract (Panax), Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Natural Flavor, Sucralose And Acesulfame Potassium (Sweeteners), Sodium Citrate, Potassium Citrate, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate, Gum Arabic, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives).

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion

Neighbours outside Mio in the same lower screening band as Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mio; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Tropical Fusion Liquid Water Enhancer, Tropical Fusion'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 0043000005859: 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.