Caution

Little Hug fruit barrels

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074806820001 · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074806820001 · Serving size 236 mL

The verdict

Little Hug fruit barrels scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with 190 Ise Ml, Fruit Punch/ponche De Frutas Water, High-fructose corn syrup. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

06820001 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Little Hug fruit barrels label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 41% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …820001 · July 2026

9 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 06820001 · 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

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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

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. Little Hug fruit barrels scores 20.5 points below that category average (70/100 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

Little Hug fruit barrels lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
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

How the 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
190 Ise Ml
2
Fruit Punch/ponche De Frutas Water
 3
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Citric Acid And Less Than 01% Natural And Artificial Flavors
 5
Vitamin E Acetate
 6
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Vit B3
 8
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Vit B5
 10
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Vit B6
 12
Cyanocobalamin
 13
Vit B12
 14
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
15
Vit B7
 16
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
17
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
18
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate
 20
Sodium Citrate
 21
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
22
Red 40 K In Le Nia Hy Ace Soc Sod Ingi

Full Ingredient List

190 Ise mL) FRUIT PUNCH/PONCHE DE FRUTAS WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID AND LESS THAN 01% NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN E ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE (VIT B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VIT B5), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VIT B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VIT B12), BIOTIN (VIT B7), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM, RED 40 K IN LE NIA HY ACE SOC SOD INGI

Other products containing Vit B7

Vit B7 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 10 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Artificially sweetened beverages

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Little Hug fruit barrels's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Little Hug fruit barrels's 2 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 0074806820001: 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.