Caution

BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout

by Bum

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850057178623 · Bum · Dietary supplements. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850057178623 · Serving size 1 scoop (16g)

The verdict

BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout by Bum scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Natural And Artificial Flavors, Malik Acid Citric Acid Silicone Dioxide, Calcium Silicate; 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 5 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850057178623
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.

57178623 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-MOST 60% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 92% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Protein Pretzels · ±0 BOOK-OFF …178623 · July 2026

3 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 57178623 · 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: Protein Pretzels · Nearest score peer is Protein Pretzels 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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. BUM Essential Charged Pre…85/1002. Protein Pretzels: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Protein Pretzels85/1003. Liquid Glycerol: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Liquid Glycerol85/1004. Pink Lemonade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pink Lemonade85/1005. Blueberry Lemonade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Blueberry Lemonade85/100
High-band neighbours for BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout (85/100) outside Bum.
Chart values as text

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

BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout
85/100
Protein Pretzels
85/100
Liquid Glycerol
85/100
Pink Lemonade
85/100
Blueberry Lemonade
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. BUM Essential Charged 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

BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 8th percentile a longer ingredient list than 8% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 258 products (10%). Above this entry. 8–10: 249 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 252 products (9%). Above this entry. 12–14: 226 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 185 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 152 products (6%). Above this entry. 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: 5 (8th 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 5 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

natural and artificial flavors, Malik acid citric acid silicone dioxide, calcium silicate, sucralose, spirulina extract.

Categories

Dietary supplements Flavoured dietary supplements Pre-workout

High-score cross-brand comparables for BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout

Neighbours outside Bum with screening scores in the same high band as BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bum; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from BUM Essential Charged Pre-workout's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 5-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare BUM Essential Charged 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 0850057178623: 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.