Ocean Spray
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Ocean Spray, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Ocean Spray averages 93.4/100 across the 320 of 449 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 19.4% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 93.4/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 320 scored products
- 449
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 19.4%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 87.6%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 449 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Ocean spray, cran-grape, diet grape cranberry juice drink; Diet cran-blackberry juice drink; Diet cran-mango juice drink; 19.4% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 93.4/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 320 of 449 tracked Ocean Spray records (71.3%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 129 cannot be screened, so the 93.4/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Ocean Spray
Ocean Spray: 449 products tracked, 320 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 93.4/100, 19.4% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 71.3% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Ocean Spray's 19.4% flagged share is 1.4 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Ocean Spray processing intensity
Ocean Spray's NOVA-classified set is 306 products: 87.6% ultra-processed (Group 4, 268 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 268. That ultra-processed share sits 9.3 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Ocean Spray shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ocean Spray concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (173, 68% of this top-five); Snacks (40); Beverages and beverages preparations (22); Beverages (16); Condiments (2).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plant-based foods and beverages | 163 | 92.6/100 | 20.9% |
| Snacks | 40 | 99.6/100 | 2.5% |
| Beverages and beverages preparations | 22 | 90.7/100 | 31.8% |
| Beverages | 15 | 80.7/100 | 46.7% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Ocean Spray's 19.4% flagged share is measured across 320 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Ocean Spray flagged share vs large-brand cohort
19.4% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
19% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. 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
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (93.4/100) summarizes 320 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Ocean Spray product score distribution
Brand average 93.4/100 across 320 scored products
93 19th percentile sits above 19% of the 320 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored 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
- 20–30
- 5 scored products (2%)
- 40–50
- 11 scored products (3%)
- 50–60
- 1 scored products (0%)
- 60–70
- 3 scored products (1%)
- 70–80
- 21 scored products (7%)
- 80–90
- 21 scored products (7%)
- 100 and above
- 258 scored products (81%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sucralose is the flagged ingredient Ocean Spray uses most
Across the 320 Ocean Spray products scored here, Sucralose appears in 57. Only 1,692 other brands here use it (4.8%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Ocean Spray products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sucralose | 57 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Acesulfame Potassium | 37 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Red 40 | 20 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 6 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Aspartame | 2 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Trans Fat | 1 | FDA ban effective 2018-06-18 · Restricted: Federal (FDA banned) |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Ocean Spray records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (15.5 ingredients and 70/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 15.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 70/100
The outlined point is Ocean spray, cran-grape, diet grape cranberry juice drink, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Ocean spray, cran-grape, diet grape cranberry juice drink: 17 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Diet cran-blackberry juice drink: 17 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Diet cran-mango juice drink: 19 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- DIET CRAN x RASPBERRY DRINK: 17 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- DIET 5 CALS! CRAN x GRAPE: 17 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Diet cranberry juice drink: 15 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- DIET CRANBERRY: 13 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Cran apple cranberry apple juice drink: 16 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet Cranberry Juice: 7 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet cranberry juice drink from concentrate, cranberry: 15 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet tea, cranberry: 14 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Ocean spray, cran-lemonade, diet juice drink, cranberry, lemonade: 19 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet Cranberry Flavored Juice Drink: 14 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Diet cranberry juice drink with lime: 16 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Juice: 18 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Ocean Spray Diet Juice: 15 resolved ingredients, 45/100, 3 flagged.
- Raspberry Cheesecake Dipped Cranberry Mix: 30 resolved ingredients, 50/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranenergy: 27 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Ocean spray, cran energy, energy juice drink, raspberry: 26 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Energy juice drink, cranberry raspberry: 27 resolved ingredients, 60/100, 2 flagged.
- Flavoured Carbonated Beverage With Sweeteners, Cranberry Raspberry: 17 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry Light 50: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet Sparkling Juice Beverage, Cranberry: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet Sparkling Cranberry Juice: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Ocean spray, cran-energy, diet sparkling juice drink from concentrate with other ingredients, cranberry, cranberry: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Light Cranberry Juice Drink: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Paradise splash: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sparkling Diet Cranberry: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Sparkling diet cranberry: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Ruby red diet grapefruit juice drink from concentrate, ruby red: 17 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry juice drink from concentrate, cranberry: 10 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry diet sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, cranberry: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Ocean spray, diet blueberry juice drink with another juice, blueberry, blueberry: 11 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet Blueberry Pomegranate Juice Drink With Another Juice: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Diet cranberry pomegranate: 16 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry Juice Drink With 2 Other Juices, From: 9 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Light Cranberry: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Cranberry Juice Drink: 13 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Carbonated beverage with sweeteners, sparkling cranberry: 17 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Ocean Spray White cran x strawberry stick: 12 resolved ingredients, 70/100, 2 flagged.
- Growing goodness: 21 resolved ingredients, 75/100, 1 flagged.
- Craisins Dried Cranberries: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cranberry energy juice drink: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cranenergy: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Paradise Splash: 15 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ocean spray, cran-energy, cranberry energy juice drink, pomegranate: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cranberry pomegranate energy juice drink, pomegranate: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cranberry energy juice drink, cranberry: 26 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Cran-Energy Energy Drink Cranberry Raspberry: 27 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Ocean spray, craisins, sweetenede dried cranberries: 5 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Ocean Spray
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 399 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Ocean Spray: closest on tracked product count (449 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (93.4/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Ocean Spray food safe? ▼
Ocean Spray has an average safety score of 93/100 across the 320 of 449 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 19.4% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Ocean Spray products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 449 Ocean Spray products. 320 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 129 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Ocean Spray catalog? ▼
Ocean Spray has 306 NOVA-classified products; 87.6% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 268 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Ocean Spray catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Ocean Spray concentrates in Plant-based foods and beverages (173, 68% of this top-five); Snacks (40); Beverages and beverages preparations (22); Beverages (16); Condiments (2).
Does Ocean Spray use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Ocean Spray items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Ocean Spray profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Ocean spray, cran-grape, diet grape cranberry juice drink, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sucralose appears in 57 scored Ocean Spray products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Ocean Spray's 93.4/100 average and 19.4% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
