Safe

Ube Boba Bar

by Imei

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4710126457881 · Imei · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4710126457881 · Serving size 1 Bar (75 g)

The verdict

Ube Boba Bar by Imei scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Water, Sugar, Maltose. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

26457881 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ube Boba Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Superior Sea Moss · ±0 BOOK-OFF …457881 · July 2026

10 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 26457881 · 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: Superior Sea Moss · Nearest score peer is Superior Sea Moss at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Ube Boba Bar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ube Boba Bar95/1002. Superior Sea Moss: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Superior Sea Moss95/1003. San roque, layers of cookie with milk caramel filling: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. San roque, layers of cook…95/1004. Chocolate Coconut Water: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Coconut Water95/1005. Zico, coconut water, chocolate, chocolate: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Zico, coconut water, choc…95/100
High-band neighbours for Ube Boba Bar (95/100) outside Imei.
Chart values as text

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

Ube Boba Bar
95/100
Superior Sea Moss
95/100
San roque, layers of cookie with milk caramel filling
95/100
Chocolate Coconut Water
95/100
Zico, coconut water, chocolate, chocolate
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Ube Boba Bar scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Desserts products

Ube Boba Bar lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 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. The comparison here runs against the 11,156 Desserts 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Maltose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
4
Milk Powder
5
Taro
6
Stabilizers
7
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
Hydroxypropyl Distarch Phosphate
9
Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
10
Locust Bean Gum
11
Guar Gum
12
Sodium Alginate
13
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
14
Cream
15
Ube
16
Dehydrated Purple Yam
17
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
18
Brown Sugar
19
Corn Starch Tapioca Starch
20
Red Beet Extract
21
Red Bee Onadgd Col0ring Agent
22
Grape šKin Starch
23
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
24
Red Beet Concentrate
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
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
27
Artificial Flavorings
28
Vanilla
29
Organic Coconut
30
Cocoa Powder
31
Coloring Agent
32
Grape Skin Extract
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Color Additive
33
Emulsifier
34
Mono - And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
35
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Glucóse.
37
Milk

Full Ingredient List

PRODUCT NAME: 1-MEI UBE BOBA ICE MILK BAR INGREDIENTS: WATER, SUGAR, MALTOSE, MILK POWDER, TARO, STABILIZERS (MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH (HYDROXYPROPYL DISTARCH PHOSPHATE), SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM, SODIUM ALGINATE, CARRAGEENAN), CREAM, UBE (PURPLE YAM), COCONUT OIL, BROWN SUGAR, CORN STARCH TAPIOCA STARCH, RED BEET EXTRACT (RED BEE ONADGD COL0RING AGENT (GRAPE ŠKIN STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, RED BEET EXTRACT (RED BEET CONCENTRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID), ARTIFICIAL FLAVORINGS (UBE, TARO, VANILLA, COCONUT), COCOA POWDER, COLORING AGENT (GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN), EMULSIFIER (MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS), SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, GLUCÓSE. *CONTAINS: MILK.

Other products containing Corn Starch Tapioca Starch

Corn Starch Tapioca Starch is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts Ice creams and sorbets Ice creams Desert

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ube Boba Bar

Neighbours outside Imei with screening scores in the same high band as Ube Boba Bar (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Imei; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ube Boba Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ube Boba Bar'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 4710126457881: 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.