Concern

Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0719283278098 · Meijer · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0719283278098 · Serving size 1 container (32 ml)

The verdict

Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch by Meijer scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 13 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 13-component label led by Water, Dextrose, D-glucose; 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.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 13 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

60/100

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.

83278098 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 13 ing. REG-MOST 69% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Sour Neon Worms · ±0 BOOK-OFF …278098 · July 2026

9 of 13 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 83278098 · 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: Sour Neon Worms · Nearest score peer is Sour Neon Worms 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. Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fruit Punch Flavored Gluc…60/1002. Sour Neon Worms: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sour Neon Worms60/1003. White cheddar cheese puffs corn snack, white cheddar: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. White cheddar cheese puff…60/1004. Gummy Hearts, Strawberry: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gummy Hearts, Strawberry60/1005. Christmas House, Candy Cup, Peppermint: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Christmas House, Candy Cu…60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch (60/100 on 13 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch
60/100
Sour Neon Worms
60/100
White cheddar cheese puffs corn snack, white cheddar
60/100
Gummy Hearts, Strawberry
60/100
Christmas House, Candy Cup, Peppermint
60/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch scores 37.8 points below that category average (60/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products

Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch lists 13 ingredients on its label

13 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% of the 21,438 products we track

0–2: 120 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,805 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,714 products (22%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,694 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,996 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,884 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,734 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 14–16: 1,639 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 1,261 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 841 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 481 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 303 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 228 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 151 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 122 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 115 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 81 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 57 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 45 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 33 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 134 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dairies 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

21,438 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 13 (70th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
120 products (1%)
2–4
2,805 products (13%)
4–6
4,714 products (22%)
6–8
2,694 products (13%)
8–10
1,996 products (9%)
10–12
1,884 products (9%)
12–14
1,734 products (8%)
14–16
1,639 products (8%)
16–18
1,261 products (6%)
18–20
841 products (4%)
20–22
481 products (2%)
22–24
303 products (1%)
24–26
228 products (1%)
26–28
151 products (1%)
28–30
122 products (1%)
30–32
115 products (1%)
32–34
81 products (0%)
34–36
57 products (0%)
36–38
45 products (0%)
38–40
33 products (0%)
40 and above
134 products (1%)

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 21,438 Dairies 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 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 13 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
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
D-glucose
4
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
5
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
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
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
8
Natural & Artificial Fruit Punch Flavor
9
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
10
Preservative
11
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
12
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
13
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Water, Dextrose (D-Glucose), Glycerin, Maltodextrin, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Fruit Punch Flavor, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Acesulfame Potassium, Fd&C Red #40.

Other products containing Natural & Artificial Fruit Punch Flavor

Natural & Artificial Fruit Punch Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch

Neighbours outside Meijer near Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 13-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Fruit Punch Flavored Glucose Gel, Fruit Punch'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 0719283278098: 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.