Caution

Soft Drink

by Saranac

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0009450050443 · Saranac · Null. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0009450050443 · Serving size 355g

The verdict

Soft Drink by Saranac scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Carbonated Water, High-fructose corn syrup, Natural & Artificial Flavors; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0009450050443
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

50050443 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Soft Drink label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-PART 57% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 84% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Little secrets, premium · ±0 BOOK-OFF …050443 · July 2026

4 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 50050443 · 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: Little secrets, premium chocolate candies, dark chocolate peppermint · Nearest score peer is Little secrets, premium chocolate candies, dark chocolate peppermint 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Soft Drink: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Soft Drink85/1002. Little secrets, premium chocolate candies, dark chocolate peppermint: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Little secrets, premium c…85/1003. Chocolate pieces: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate pieces85/1004. Music Box With Candy: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Music Box With Candy85/1005. Try Me! Kissing Bears Candy: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Try Me! Kissing Bears Can…85/100
High-band neighbours for Soft Drink (85/100) outside Saranac.
Chart values as text

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

Soft Drink
85/100
Little secrets, premium chocolate candies, dark chocolate peppermint
85/100
Chocolate pieces
85/100
Music Box With Candy
85/100
Try Me! Kissing Bears Candy
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,202 products we've scored in the Null category, the average safety score is 95.1/100. Soft Drink scores 10.1 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 95.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Null products

Soft Drink lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 16th percentile a longer ingredient list than 16% of the 1,052 products we track

0–2: 33 products (3%). Below this entry. 2–4: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 51 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 73 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 54 products (5%). Above this entry. 10–12: 112 products (11%). Above this entry. 12–14: 95 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 132 products (13%). Above this entry. 16–18: 191 products (18%). Above this entry. 18–20: 119 products (11%). Above this entry. 20–22: 47 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12 products (1%). Above this entry. 24–26: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 26–28: 7 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 10 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 4 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 11 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 23 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Null 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

1,052 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (16th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
33 products (3%)
2–4
56 products (5%)
4–6
51 products (5%)
6–8
73 products (7%)
8–10
54 products (5%)
10–12
112 products (11%)
12–14
95 products (9%)
14–16
132 products (13%)
16–18
191 products (18%)
18–20
119 products (11%)
20–22
47 products (4%)
22–24
12 products (1%)
24–26
13 products (1%)
26–28
7 products (1%)
28–30
10 products (1%)
30–32
4 products (0%)
32–34
11 products (1%)
34–36
5 products (0%)
36–38
2 products (0%)
38–40
2 products (0%)
40 and above
23 products (2%)

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 1,052 Null products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SODIUM BENZOATE, CITRIC ACID, ASPARTAME, FD&C RED #40 AND FD&C BLUE #1.

Categories

Null

High-score cross-brand comparables for Soft Drink

Neighbours outside Saranac with screening scores in the same high band as Soft Drink (85/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Saranac; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Soft Drink's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Soft Drink'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 0009450050443: 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.