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Recovery Strawberry Lemonade

by Rockstar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0012000230714 · Rockstar · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0012000230714 · Serving size 1 can

The verdict

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade by Rockstar scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Clarified Lemon Juice Concentrate, Magnesium Sulfate. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 26 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0012000230714
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

30/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

00230714 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 58% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Brisk Lemon Iced · ±0 BOOK-OFF …230714 · July 2026

15 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 00230714 · 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: Brisk Lemon Iced Tea · Nearest score peer is Brisk Lemon Iced Tea 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.

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.

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. Recovery Strawberry Lemonade: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Recovery Strawberry Lemon…40/1002. Brisk Lemon Iced Tea: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Brisk Lemon Iced Tea40/1003. Iced tea: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Iced tea40/1004. Juicy Fruit: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Juicy Fruit40/1005. Eclipse polar ice sugarfree gum: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Eclipse polar ice sugarfr…40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Recovery Strawberry Lemonade (40/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade
40/100
Brisk Lemon Iced Tea
40/100
Iced tea
40/100
Juicy Fruit
40/100
Eclipse polar ice sugarfree gum
40/100

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. Recovery Strawberry Lemonade scores 50.5 points below that category average (40/100 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 and beverages preparations products

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 26 (94th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Clarified Lemon Juice Concentrate
3
Magnesium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Natural Flavor
5
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
6
Sodium Polyphosphates
7
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
Vitamin C
9
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
10
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
11
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
12
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
13
Sodium Citrate
14
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
15
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Vitamin B3
17
Calcium Disodium Edta
18
Milk Thistle Extract
19
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Vitamin B5
21
Zinc Sulfate
MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Vitamin B6
24
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Water, clarified lemon juice concentrate, magnesium sulfate, natural flavor, citric acid, sodium polyphosphates, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), caffeine, potassium sorbate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, sodium citrate, taurine, niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium disodium EDTA, milk thistle extract, calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), zinc sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Red 40, caramel color, biotin.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Energy drinks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Recovery Strawberry Lemonade

Neighbours outside Rockstar in the same lower screening band as Recovery Strawberry Lemonade (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rockstar; these peers cross brands.

Nearest screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (4 flagged of 26 on 0012000230714).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (26 on 0012000230714).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Recovery Strawberry Lemonade's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Recovery Strawberry Lemonade's 4 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 0012000230714: 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.