Concern

Thirst Quenching Gum

by Quench

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074676993294 · Quench · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074676993294 · Serving size 1 PIECE (4.5 g)

The verdict

Thirst Quenching Gum by Quench scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Dextrose, Gum Base. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 18 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

76993294 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Thirst Quenching Gum label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 18 ing. REG-MOST 61% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 47% LEAD-FLAG Artificial sweeteners PHOTO-FINISH Sugar Free Low · ±0 BOOK-OFF …993294 · July 2026

11 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Artificial sweeteners). Source sheet 76993294 · 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: Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry · Nearest score peer is Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Thirst Quenching Gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Thirst Quenching Gum55/1002. Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sugar Free Low Calorie Sy…55/1003. Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Premium pasteurized proce…55/1004. Pepperoni Slices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pepperoni Slices55/1005. Pepperoni Slices: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pepperoni Slices55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Thirst Quenching Gum (55/100 on 18 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Thirst Quenching Gum
55/100
Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup Strawberry
55/100
Premium pasteurized process cheddar and pepperoni cheese product, cheddar cheese & pepperoni
55/100
Pepperoni Slices
55/100
Pepperoni Slices
55/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Thirst Quenching Gum scores 31.1 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 86.1/100), 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 Snacks products

Thirst Quenching Gum lists 18 ingredients on its label

18 53rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 53% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 18 (53rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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

How the 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 18 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Gum Base
4
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
5
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
6
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
7
Artificial Flavors
8
Soybean Lecithin
9
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
10
Potassium Tripolyphosphate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
11
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
12
Artificial sweeteners
Sweetener
Caution
13
Aspartame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
14
Potassium Acesulfame
15
Artificial Colors
16
Fd&c Red 40 Lake
17
Fd&c Blue 1 Lake
18
BHT
Caution GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, dextrose, gum base, corn syrup, citric acid, glycerin, artificial flavors, soybean lecithin, titanium dioxide, potassium tripolyphosphate, potassium chloride, artificial sweeteners (aspartame, potassium acesulfame), artificial colors (lemon: fd&c yellow 5, fd&c yellow 5 lake - orange: fd&c yellow 6 lake, fd&c yellow 6 - fruit: fd&c red 40, fd&c red 40 lake - grape: fd&c red 40, fd&c red 40 lake, fd&c blue 1 lake), bht (to maintain freshness).

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Thirst Quenching Gum

Neighbours outside Quench near Thirst Quenching Gum's mid-band score (55/100). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Quench; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Artificial sweeteners is the first flagged ingredient selected from Thirst Quenching Gum's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 18-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Artificial sweeteners. Open Artificial sweeteners
  • Compare Thirst Quenching Gum'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 0074676993294: 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.