Caution

Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742010717 · Great Value · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742010717 · Serving size 0.5 tsp (2 ml)

The verdict

Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch by Great Value scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Water, Propylene Glycol, Malic Acid; 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 15 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

42010717 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 53% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Bites Brownie · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010717 · July 2026

8 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 42010717 · 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: Bites Brownie · Nearest score peer is Bites Brownie 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.

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.

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. Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Drink Enhancer, Fruit Pun…75/1002. Bites Brownie: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bites Brownie75/1003. Angel Food Cake With Strawberry Icing: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Angel Food Cake With Stra…75/1004. Daily chef, animal fruit snacks: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Daily chef, animal fruit …75/1005. Treats For Two Chocolate Cake With Fudge Icing And Chocolate Drizle: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Treats For Two Chocolate …75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch (75/100 on 15 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch
75/100
Bites Brownie
75/100
Angel Food Cake With Strawberry Icing
75/100
Daily chef, animal fruit snacks
75/100
Treats For Two Chocolate Cake With Fudge Icing And Chocolate Drizle
75/100

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. Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch scores 15.5 points below that category average (75/100 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 products

Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 15 (80th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 Beverages 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 15 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Water, propylene glycol, malic acid, citric acid, sucralose and acesulfame potassium (sweeteners), potassium citrate, red 40, natural flavor, niacinamide, potassium sorbate (preservative), vitamin b6, sodium benzoate (preservative), vitamin b12

Categories

Beverages Artificially sweetened beverages

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch

Neighbours outside Great Value near Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Drink Enhancer, Fruit Punch'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 0078742010717: 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.