Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple

Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple by Giant Eagle has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Beverages / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Dehydrated beverages

How This Score Is Built

Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Coconut water powder (coconut water concentrate, gum arabic), potassium phosphate, natural flavor, potassium citrate, stevia leaf extract, malic acid, citric acid, contains less than 2% of: silicon dioxide, guar gum, xanthan gum, magnesium oxide.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0030034092818
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple's 4.5/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Giant eagle, nature's basket, drink mix sticks, pineapple's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk 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.