Avoid

Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA

by J Way Boba

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0860004244813 · J Way Boba. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0860004244813 · Serving size 1 set (78 g)

The verdict

Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA by J Way Boba scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 43-component record, beginning with Ot, Ion S S Per Container Serving Size 1 Set, 78g. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0860004244813
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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

04244813 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Red 3 PHOTO-FINISH Crystal Light, Rasberry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …244813 · July 2026

14 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 3). Source sheet 04244813 · 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: Crystal Light, Rasberry lemonade · Nearest score peer is Crystal Light, Rasberry lemonade 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Boba brown sugar favor TA…20/1002. Crystal Light, Rasberry lemonade: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crystal Light, Rasberry l…20/1003. Fruit punch pack: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fruit punch pack20/1004. Kool-Aid Liquid: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kool-Aid Liquid20/1005. Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA (20/100 on 43 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA
20/100
Crystal Light, Rasberry lemonade
20/100
Fruit punch pack
20/100
Kool-Aid Liquid
20/100
Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon
20/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (95th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ot
2
Ion S S Per Container Serving Size 1 Set
3
78g
4
Brown Sugar Boba
5
Water
6
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Glucose
10
Anthan Gum
11
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
12
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
13
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
15
Sodium Polyphos - Hate
16
Artificial Flavors
17
Brown Sugar
18
Sweetened Taro And Non-dairy Creamer Powder
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Glucose Rup
21
Palm Kernel Oil
22
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Milk
24
Organic Taro Powder
25
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
26
Sodium Aseinate
27
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
28
Dipotassium Phosphaté
29
Tripotassium Phosphate
30
Mono
31
Diglyceride
32
Sodium Ripolyphosphate
33
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono
34
Diglycerides
35
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
36
Beta Carotene
37
Color
38
Jcralose
39
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
40
Red 3
Avoid FDA food listing remains in effect until Jan 15, 2027; revocation scheduled
41
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
42
Caffeine-free
43
Choking Hazard - Keep Away From Small Children

Full Ingredient List

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Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA

Neighbours outside J Way Boba in the same lower screening band as Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA (20/100). No other J Way Boba products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 3 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 3. Open Red 3
  • Compare Boba brown sugar favor TARO MILK TEA's 4 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 0860004244813: 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.