Caution

DripDrop ORS

by DripDrop

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850018328043 · DripDrop · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850018328043 · Serving size 1 stick (10 g)

The verdict

DripDrop ORS by DripDrop scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 17 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 17-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Fructose, Sodium Citrate. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 17 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850018328043
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

18328043 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

DripDrop ORS label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 17 ing. REG-MOST 65% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 41% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Smoked Bacon Cheddar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …328043 · July 2026

11 of 17 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 18328043 · 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: Smoked Bacon Cheddar Sausage, Smoked Bacon · Nearest score peer is Smoked Bacon Cheddar Sausage, Smoked Bacon 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.

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. DripDrop ORS: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. DripDrop ORS85/1002. Smoked Bacon Cheddar Sausage, Smoked Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smoked Bacon Cheddar Saus…85/1003. Oscar Mayer bologna: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Oscar Mayer bologna85/1004. ALMOND CROISSANT PASTRY: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. ALMOND CROISSANT PASTRY85/1005. Loading…: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Loading…85/100
High-band neighbours for DripDrop ORS (85/100) outside DripDrop.
Chart values as text

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

DripDrop ORS
85/100
Smoked Bacon Cheddar Sausage, Smoked Bacon
85/100
Oscar Mayer bologna
85/100
ALMOND CROISSANT PASTRY
85/100
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85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,895 products we've scored in the Dietary supplements category, the average safety score is 93.5/100. DripDrop ORS scores 8.5 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.5/100), 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 Dietary supplements products

DripDrop ORS lists 17 ingredients on its label

17 59th percentile a longer ingredient list than 59% of the 2,658 products we track

0–2: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 102 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 197 products (7%). Below this entry. 6–8: 258 products (10%). Below this entry. 8–10: 249 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 252 products (9%). Below this entry. 12–14: 226 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 185 products (7%). Below this entry. 16–18: 152 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 18–20: 131 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 127 products (5%). Above this entry. 22–24: 87 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 88 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 64 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 57 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 39 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 33 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 41 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 36 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 255 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Dietary supplements 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

2,658 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 17 (59th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
32 products (1%)
2–4
102 products (4%)
4–6
197 products (7%)
6–8
258 products (10%)
8–10
249 products (9%)
10–12
252 products (9%)
12–14
226 products (9%)
14–16
185 products (7%)
16–18
152 products (6%)
18–20
131 products (5%)
20–22
127 products (5%)
22–24
87 products (3%)
24–26
88 products (3%)
26–28
64 products (2%)
28–30
57 products (2%)
30–32
39 products (1%)
32–34
33 products (1%)
34–36
41 products (2%)
36–38
47 products (2%)
38–40
36 products (1%)
40 and above
255 products (10%)

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 2,658 Dietary supplements 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 17 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, SODIUM CITRATE, CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, MAGNESIUM CITRATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, SALT, ASCORBIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, FRUIT JUICE, VEGETABLE JUICE, ZINC ASPARTATE, TURMERIC, BETA CAROTENE

Categories

Dietary supplements Electrolyte powders Flavoured electrolyte powders

High-score cross-brand comparables for DripDrop ORS

Neighbours outside DripDrop with screening scores in the same high band as DripDrop ORS (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within DripDrop; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from DripDrop ORS's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 17-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare DripDrop ORS'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 0850018328043: 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.