Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix
by Gatorade
Scores 85/100 on FDA SAFFA + CSPI ingredient analysis , with 1 flagged ingredient identified.
The verdict
Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix by Gatorade scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Citric Acid, Sodium 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.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- flagged ingredient of 13 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0052000056006
- 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.
00056006 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix label screening desk
Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix holds 85/100 with 1 flagged of 13 parsed ingredients (8% of the list). 8 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). See methodology for how the shelf-label bands are computed. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix · Nearest score peer is Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
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
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. Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix scores 5.5 points below that category average (85/100 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
Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix lists 13 ingredients on its label
13 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% of the 4,874 products we track
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
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- 103 products (2%)
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- 484 products (10%)
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- 550 products (11%)
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- 619 products (13%)
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- 381 products (8%)
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- 272 products (6%)
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- 134 products (3%)
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- 95 products (2%)
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- 69 products (1%)
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- 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.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, CAFFEINE, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SUCRALOSE, BLACK CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ASCORBIC ACID, CYANOCOBALAMIN.
Other products containing Black Carrot Juice Concentrate
Black Carrot Juice Concentrate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 287 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix
Neighbours outside Gatorade with screening scores in the same high band as Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gatorade; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 13 on 0052000056006).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (13 on 0052000056006).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fast Twitch Energy 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 Sucralose. Open Sucralose
- Compare Fast Twitch Energy Drink Mix's 1 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 0052000056006: 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.