Drink Mix Sticks
Drink Mix Sticks by Giant Eagle has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.6 out of 5, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Drink Mix Sticks, 5 of its 5 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Drink Mix Sticks sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.6 Top 19% higher than 81% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, MALIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE, STEVIA EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, SALT, POTASSIUM CITRATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Drink Mix Sticks: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.6/5.
- Brummel & brown buttery spread, creamy strawberry, 10% nonfat yogurt, 34% vegetable oil spread Δ 0.0 pts · Unilever 4.6/510 additives
- Betty Crocker Key Lime Mousse Chilled Treats 4 Count Δ 0.0 pts · General Mills 4.6/59 additives
- Bubble Fruit Gel Δ 0.0 pts · Del Monte 4.6/59 additives
- Chewy Δ 0.0 pts · Tic Tac 4.6/59 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0030034092795
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Drink Mix Sticks's safety score compare to other products?
Drink Mix Sticks scores 4.6 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.48 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Drink Mix Sticks's 4.6/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.6/5 average places Drink Mix Sticks in the Generally Safe tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.