Safe

Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte

by Starbucks

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0012000170157 · Starbucks · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0012000170157 · Serving size 1 BOTTLE (414 ml)

The verdict

Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte by Starbucks scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 9 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 9-component label led by Reduced-fat Milk, Brewed Starbucks Espresso Coffee, Water; 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 9 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00170157 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 9 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 60% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Pepsi · ±0 BOOK-OFF …170157 · July 2026

3 of 9 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00170157 · 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: Pepsi · Nearest score peer is Pepsi at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pumpkin spice latte iced …95/1002. Pepsi: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pepsi95/1003. Pepsi: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pepsi95/1004. Root Beer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Root Beer95/1005. Classic Root Beer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Classic Root Beer95/100
High-band neighbours for Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte (95/100) outside Starbucks.
Chart values as text

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

Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte
95/100
Pepsi
95/100
Pepsi
95/100
Root Beer
95/100
Classic Root Beer
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte scores 4.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte lists 9 ingredients on its label

9 40th percentile a longer ingredient list than 40% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Above this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 9 (40th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 9 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Reduced-fat milk, brewed starbucks espresso coffee (water, coffee), sugar, skim milk, natural flavors, salt, carrageenan.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Dairies Dairy drinks Flavoured milks Coffee drinks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte

Neighbours outside Starbucks with screening scores in the same high band as Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Starbucks; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 9 on 0012000170157).

Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (9 on 0012000170157).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 9-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Pumpkin spice latte iced espresso beverage, pumpkin spice latte'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 0012000170157: 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.