Light Margarita Mix
by Jose Cuervo
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0811538011181 · Jose Cuervo · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Light Margarita Mix by Jose Cuervo scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Water, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors; 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.
- 45/100
- Avoid safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 14 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0811538011181
- 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
33/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
45/100
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.
38011181 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Light Margarita Mix label screening desk
5 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 38011181 · 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: Ice cream, mint chocolate chip · Nearest score peer is Ice cream, mint chocolate chip 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.
Nutri-Score is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.
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
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. Light Margarita Mix scores 45.5 points below that category average (45/100 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
Light Margarita Mix lists 14 ingredients on its label
14 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% of the 16,917 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 161 products (1%)
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- 2,220 products (13%)
- 4–6
- 1,699 products (10%)
- 6–8
- 2,564 products (15%)
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- 2,835 products (17%)
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- 2,099 products (12%)
- 12–14
- 1,442 products (9%)
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- 997 products (6%)
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- 595 products (4%)
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- 402 products (2%)
- 20–22
- 347 products (2%)
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- 277 products (2%)
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- 216 products (1%)
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- 66 products (0%)
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- 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 45/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 14 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, citric acid, natural flavors, contains 2% or less of sodium citrate, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives), gum arabic, sucralose, cellulose gum, medium chain triglycerides, saib, acesulfame potassium, caramel, and fd&c yellow #5.
Other products containing Saib
Saib is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 33 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Jose Cuervo
Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Light Margarita Mix
Neighbours outside Jose Cuervo in the same lower screening band as Light Margarita Mix (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jose Cuervo; these peers cross brands.
Nearest screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 14 on 0811538011181).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (14 on 0811538011181).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Light Margarita Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 14-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
- Compare Light Margarita Mix'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 0811538011181: 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.