Avoid

Variety Pack Drink Mix

by Welch's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 57232539 · Welch's · Powdered-drink-mix. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 57232539

The verdict

Variety Pack Drink Mix by Welch's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Tartaric acid. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 22 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
57232539
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

57232539 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Variety Pack Drink Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-MOST 68% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 25% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Freeze Dried Candy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …232539 · July 2026

15 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 57232539 · 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: Freeze Dried Candy Rainbow Crunch · Nearest score peer is Freeze Dried Candy Rainbow Crunch 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.

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. Variety Pack Drink Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Variety Pack Drink Mix0/1002. Freeze Dried Candy Rainbow Crunch: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Freeze Dried Candy Rainbo…0/1003. Mountain Dew Code Red: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Mountain Dew Code Red0/1004. Protein Bar Birthday Cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Protein Bar Birthday Cake0/1005. Sweet Heat Grit Chips: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet Heat Grit Chips0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Variety Pack Drink Mix (0/100 on 22 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Variety Pack Drink Mix
0/100
Freeze Dried Candy Rainbow Crunch
0/100
Mountain Dew Code Red
0/100
Protein Bar Birthday Cake
0/100
Sweet Heat Grit Chips
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Variety Pack Drink Mix lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 75th percentile a longer ingredient list than 75% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 22 (75th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
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
2
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
3
Tartaric acid
Preservative
Safe
4
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
5
Natural And Artificial Flavors
6
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
7
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
8
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
9
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
10
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Vitamin C
12
Calcium Silicate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
GRAS
13
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
14
Sodium Citrate
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Disodium Phosphate
17
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
19
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
20
Cellulose Gum
21
Guar Gum
22
Artificial Color

Full Ingredient List

GRAPE: CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, TARTARIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN*, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SUCRALOSE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, RED 40, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), CALCIUM SILICATE, BLUE 1., STRAWBERRY PEACH: CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SUCRALOSE, SODIUM CITRATE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM SILICATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), RED 40, YELLOW 6., PASSION FRUIT: CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, MALIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SUCRALOSE, PECTIN, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, CALCIUM SILICATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1., CHERRY POMEGRANATE: CITRIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN*, SUCRALOSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, RED 40, BLUE 1.

Categories

Powdered-drink-mix

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Variety Pack Drink Mix

Neighbours outside Welch's in the same lower screening band as Variety Pack Drink Mix (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Welch's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Variety Pack Drink Mix'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 Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Variety Pack Drink Mix's 5 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 57232539: 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.