Avoid

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes

by Jell-O

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043000201435 · Jell-O · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043000201435 · Serving size 0.25 pouch (0.5 cup)

The verdict

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes by Jell-O scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Gelatin, Adipic Acid, Disodium Phosphate; 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 14 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0043000201435
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.

00201435 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 14 ing. REG-PART 57% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 73% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Fruit Punch · ±0 BOOK-OFF …201435 · July 2026

8 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 00201435 · 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: Fruit Punch · Nearest score peer is Fruit Punch 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.

Nutri-Score is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.

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. Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Orange gelatin dessert mi…35/1002. Fruit Punch: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit Punch35/1003. Purplesaurus Rex Flavored Drink: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Purplesaurus Rex Flavored…35/1004. Snappin' Green Apple Drink, Green Apple: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Snappin' Green Apple Drin…35/1005. Jammers Grape Drink, Grape: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Jammers Grape Drink, Grape35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes (35/100 on 14 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes
35/100
Fruit Punch
35/100
Purplesaurus Rex Flavored Drink
35/100
Snappin' Green Apple Drink, Green Apple
35/100
Jammers Grape Drink, Grape
35/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 18,164 products we've scored in the Desserts category, the average safety score is 89.5/100. Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes scores 54.5 points below that category average (35/100 vs. 89.5/100), 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 Desserts products

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes lists 14 ingredients on its label

14 27th percentile a longer ingredient list than 27% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Above this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Above this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Above this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Above this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Above this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Above this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Above this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 14 (27th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts 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

GELATIN, ADIPIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, FUMARIC ACID, ASPARTAME" (SWEETENER), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ACÉSULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), SALT, YELLOW 6, RED 40, BHA (PRESERVATIVE).

Categories

Desserts Dried products Cooking helpers Dried products to be rehydrated Food additives Thickeners Gelatin

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes

Neighbours outside Jell-O in the same lower screening band as Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jell-O; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes'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 BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes'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 0043000201435: 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.