Caution

Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)

by Prime

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850003560908 · Prime · Food additives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850003560908 · Serving size 9.8g

The verdict

Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry) by Prime scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Citric Acid, Coconut Water Concentrate, Natural Flavor. 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 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850003560908
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

03560908 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry) label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 57% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Prime Hydration Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …560908 · July 2026

12 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 03560908 · 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: Prime Hydration Drink - Lemon Lime · Nearest score peer is Prime Hydration Drink - Lemon Lime 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 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.

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. Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry): 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Prime Hydration+ Sticks (…70/1002. Prime Hydration Drink - Lemon Lime: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Prime Hydration Drink - L…70/1003. Energy drink: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Energy drink70/1004. Reese'S, Peanut Butter Cups: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Reese'S, Peanut Butter Cu…70/1005. Reese'S, Wounded Warrior Project, Peanut Butter Cup: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Reese'S, Wounded Warrior …70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry) (70/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)
70/100
Prime Hydration Drink - Lemon Lime
70/100
Energy drink
70/100
Reese'S, Peanut Butter Cups
70/100
Reese'S, Wounded Warrior Project, Peanut Butter Cup
70/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 322 products we've scored in the Food additives category, the average safety score is 90.2/100. Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry) scores 20.2 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 90.2/100), 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 Food additives products

Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry) lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 101 products we track

0–2: 3 products (3%). Below this entry. 2–4: 32 products (32%). Below this entry. 4–6: 13 products (13%). Below this entry. 6–8: 10 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 14 products (14%). Below this entry. 10–12: 8 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 8 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 5 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 1 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 3 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 1 products (1%). Above this entry. This product 0 24 every published Food additives 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

101 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (3%)
2–4
32 products (32%)
4–6
13 products (13%)
6–8
10 products (10%)
8–10
14 products (14%)
10–12
8 products (8%)
12–14
8 products (8%)
14–16
3 products (3%)
16–18
5 products (5%)
18–20
1 products (1%)
20–22
3 products (3%)
22 and above
1 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 101 Food additives 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 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

CITRIC ACID, COCONUT WATER CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM CITRATE, SUCRALOSE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), L-ISOLEUCINE, L-LEUCINE, L-VALINE, SEA SALT, D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B-6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B-12)

Categories

Food additives Flavors

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)

Neighbours outside Prime near Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)'s mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Prime; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)'s parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Prime Hydration+ Sticks (Blue Raspberry)'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 0850003560908: 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.