Caution

Essential Pre-Workout

by BUM Essentials RAW

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850049150248 · BUM Essentials RAW · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850049150248 · Serving size 1 scoop (14 g)

The verdict

Essential Pre-Workout by BUM Essentials RAW scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Vitamin B12, As Methylcobalamin, Sodium. 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 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850049150248
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.

49150248 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Essential Pre-Workout label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 41% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 28% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Citrus Burst · ±0 BOOK-OFF …150248 · July 2026

9 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 49150248 · 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: Citrus Burst · Nearest score peer is Citrus Burst 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. Essential Pre-Workout: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Essential Pre-Workout85/1002. Citrus Burst: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Citrus Burst85/1003. High Stim Thavage Secret Stuff: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. High Stim Thavage Secret …85/1004. Bum Itholate Protein: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bum Itholate Protein85/1005. Essential Pre-Workout: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Essential Pre-Workout85/100
High-band neighbours for Essential Pre-Workout (85/100) outside BUM Essentials RAW.
Chart values as text

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

Essential Pre-Workout
85/100
Citrus Burst
85/100
High Stim Thavage Secret Stuff
85/100
Bum Itholate Protein
85/100
Essential Pre-Workout
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. Essential Pre-Workout 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

Essential Pre-Workout lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 72nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 72% 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%). Below this entry. 18–20: 131 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 127 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 87 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 22 (72nd 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 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin), Sodium (from Himalayan Pink Salt), L-Citrulline, Beta Alanine, L-Tyrosine, Taurine, Caffeine (as Green Coffee (Coffea spp.) (bean) Extract), Himalayan Pink Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Sucralose, Calcium Silicate, Silicon Dioxide, Spirulina Extract, (color)

Other products containing As Green Coffee

As Green Coffee is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Dietary supplements

High-score cross-brand comparables for Essential Pre-Workout

Neighbours outside BUM Essentials RAW with screening scores in the same high band as Essential Pre-Workout (85/100 here). No other BUM Essentials RAW products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Essential Pre-Workout's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Essential Pre-Workout'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 0850049150248: 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.