Avoid

green apple

by Pure Kick Jolly Rancher Drink Mix

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072392322152 · Pure Kick Jolly Rancher Drink Mix. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072392322152 · Serving size 1 serving (3.5 g)

The verdict

green apple by Pure Kick Jolly Rancher Drink Mix scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Malic Acid, Citric Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavors. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 27 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0072392322152
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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

92322152 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

green apple label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Low calorie drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …322152 · July 2026

14 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 92322152 · 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: Low calorie drink mix · Nearest score peer is Low calorie 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 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. green apple: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. green apple20/1002. Low calorie drink mix: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Low calorie drink mix20/1003. Strawberry Watermelon Hydrate: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Strawberry Watermelon Hyd…20/1004. Sunkist Zero sugar pineapple low calorie drink mix: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sunkist Zero sugar pineap…20/1005. Low Calorie Drink Mix: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Low Calorie Drink Mix20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for green apple (20/100 on 27 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

green apple
20/100
Low calorie drink mix
20/100
Strawberry Watermelon Hydrate
20/100
Sunkist Zero sugar pineapple low calorie drink mix
20/100
Low Calorie Drink Mix
20/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

green apple lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (82nd 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
2
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
3
Natural And Artificial Flavors
4
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
5
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
6
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
7
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
8
Sodium Citrate
9
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
10
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
11
Dicalcium Phosphate
12
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Vitamin B3
14
D-calcium Pantothenate
15
Vitamin B5
16
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
17
Vitamin B7
18
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Vitamin B6
20
Cyanocobalamin
21
Vitamin B12
22
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
23
Guarana Seed Extract
24
Ginseng Extract
25
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Phenylalanine

Full Ingredient List

MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ASPARTAME**, MALTODEXTRIN*, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), BIOTIN (VITAMIN B7), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12), TAURINE, GUARANA SEED EXTRACT, GINSENG EXTRACT, BLUE 1, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6. *ADDS A TRIVIAL AMOUNT OF SUGAR **PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for green apple

Neighbours outside Pure Kick Jolly Rancher Drink Mix in the same lower screening band as green apple (20/100). No other Pure Kick Jolly Rancher Drink Mix products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from green apple's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare green apple's 4 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 0072392322152: 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.