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On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix

by Crystal Light

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043000011201 · Crystal Light · Water-flavoring. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043000011201 · Serving size 1 packet (3 g)

The verdict

On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix by Crystal Light scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Citric Acid, Potassium Citrate, Maltodextrin; 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 13 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0043000011201
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

27/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

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.

00011201 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 53% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Orange Drink Mix, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …011201 · July 2026

6 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 00011201 · 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: Orange Drink Mix, Orange · Nearest score peer is Orange Drink Mix, Orange 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. On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. On the go raspberry lemon…35/1002. Orange Drink Mix, Orange: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange Drink Mix, Orange35/1003. Blueberry Lemonade Liquid Water Enhancer, Blueberry Lemonade: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Blueberry Lemonade Liquid…35/1004. Singles, Drink Mix, Orange: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Singles, Drink Mix, Orange35/1005. Singles tropical punch soft drink mix: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Singles tropical punch so…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix (35/100 on 13 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix
35/100
Orange Drink Mix, Orange
35/100
Blueberry Lemonade Liquid Water Enhancer, Blueberry Lemonade
35/100
Singles, Drink Mix, Orange
35/100
Singles tropical punch soft drink mix
35/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 47th percentile a longer ingredient list than 47% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (47th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Citric acid, potassium citrate, maltodextrin, calcium phosphate, aspartame+, contains less than 2% of natural and artificial flavor, acesulfame potassium, soy lecithin, artificial color, red 40, blue 1, tocopherol (preserves freshness).

Categories

Water-flavoring

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix

Neighbours outside Crystal Light in the same lower screening band as On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Crystal Light; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from On the go raspberry lemonade drink mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare On the go raspberry lemonade 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 0043000011201: 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.