Safe

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro

by A-Sha Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0193937001650 · A-Sha Foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0193937001650

The verdict

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro by A-Sha Foods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Water, Sugar, Boba Starch Balls. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 31 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0193937001650
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

37001650 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-RARE Gellan Gum PHOTO-FINISH Smoky Chili Ramen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001650 · July 2026

9 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Gellan Gum). Source sheet 37001650 · 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: Smoky Chili Ramen Noodle Soup · Nearest score peer is Smoky Chili Ramen Noodle Soup at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out 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.

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. Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea…100/1002. Smoky Chili Ramen Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoky Chili Ramen Noodle …100/1003. Mochi Pancake Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mochi Pancake Mix100/1004. Hello Kitty Hot’n Sour Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hello Kitty Hot’n Sour No…100/1005. Chicken Noodle Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Noodle Soup100/100
High-band neighbours for Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro (100/100) outside A-Sha Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro
100/100
Smoky Chili Ramen Noodle Soup
100/100
Mochi Pancake Mix
100/100
Hello Kitty Hot’n Sour Noodle Soup
100/100
Chicken Noodle Soup
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 31 (87th 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

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Boba Starch Balls
4
Modified Food Starch
5
Glucomannan
6
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
7
Sodium Alginate
8
Gellan Gum
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
9
Cocoa Powder
10
Whole Milk Powder
11
Non-dairy Creamer
12
Glucose Syrup
13
Palm Kernel Oil
14
Whey Powder
15
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Emulsifiers
17
Mono - And Diglycerides
18
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
19
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
20
Tripotassium Phosphate
21
Sodium Triphosphate
22
Silica Dioxide
23
Black Tea
24
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
25
Cassia Seed
26
Artificial Flavors
27
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
28
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
29
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
30
Fd
31
C Yellow No. 6

Full Ingredient List

water, sugar, boba starch balls (water, modified food starch, glucomannan, xanthan gum, sodium alginate, gellan gum, cocoa powder), whole milk powder, non-dairy creamer (glucose syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, whey powder, sodium caseinate, emulsifiers (mono - and diglycerides, datem), dipotassium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, sodium triphosphate, silica dioxide), black tea, maltodextrin, cassia seed, mono - and diglycerides, artificial flavors, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, fd, c yellow no. 6

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro

Neighbours outside A-Sha Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro (100/100 here). No other A-Sha Foods products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Hello Kitty Boba Milk Tea Taro has a longer ingredient list than 87% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0193937001650: 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.