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Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast

by Pepsi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0012000180590 · Pepsi · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0012000180590 · Serving size 8 OZA (240 ml)

The verdict

Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast by Pepsi scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, High-fructose corn syrup, White Grape Juice Concentrate. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

45/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00180590 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Gatorade/2 · ±0 BOOK-OFF …180590 · July 2026

12 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 00180590 · 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: Gatorade/2 · Nearest score peer is Gatorade/2 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Charged berry blast flavo…45/1002. Gatorade/2: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gatorade/245/1003. Gatorade Thirst Quencher Low Calorie Fruit Punch (8 - 20 Fluid Ounce) 160 Fluid Ounce 8 Pack Plastic Bottle: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gatorade Thirst Quencher …45/1004. Thirst Quencher Low Calorie Lemon-Lime (8 - 20: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Thirst Quencher Low Calor…45/1005. Gatorade G2 Pomegranate Blueberry 20Z: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gatorade G2 Pomegranate B…45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast (45/100 on 25 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast
45/100
Gatorade/2
45/100
Gatorade Thirst Quencher Low Calorie Fruit Punch (8 - 20 Fluid Ounce) 160 Fluid Ounce 8 Pack Plastic Bottle
45/100
Thirst Quencher Low Calorie Lemon-Lime (8 - 20
45/100
Gatorade G2 Pomegranate Blueberry 20Z
45/100

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. Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast scores 45.5 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 25 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 Beverages 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 45/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, white grape juice concentrate, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, sodium polyphosphates (to protect flavor), l-theanine, gum arabic, sodium benzoate (preserves freshness), caffeine, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, glycerol ester of rosin, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), niacinamide, panax ginseng root extract, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, calcium pantothenate, blue 1, yerba mate extract, beta carotene (vitamin a), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6).

Categories

Beverages Carbonated drinks Sodas

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast

Neighbours outside Pepsi in the same lower screening band as Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Pepsi; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Charged berry blast flavored sparkling juice beverage from concentrate, charged berry blast's 3 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 0012000180590: 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.