Concern

Zero Calorie Cola

by Refreshe

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130252619 · Refreshe. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130252619 · Serving size 355g

The verdict

Zero Calorie Cola by Refreshe scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Carbonated Water, Caramel Coloring, Phosphoric Acid; 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

65/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

30252619 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Zero Calorie Cola label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-MOST 70% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-LONG Len top 65% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Diet Root Beer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …252619 · July 2026

7 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 30252619 · 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: Diet Root Beer · Nearest score peer is Diet Root Beer at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Zero Calorie Cola: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Zero Calorie Cola65/1002. Diet Root Beer: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Diet Root Beer65/1003. Diet Ginger Ale: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Diet Ginger Ale65/1004. CHERRY COLA SODA: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. CHERRY COLA SODA65/1005. Diet Ginger Ale: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diet Ginger Ale65/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Zero Calorie Cola's 65/100 while 30% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Zero Calorie Cola
65/100
Diet Root Beer
65/100
Diet Ginger Ale
65/100
CHERRY COLA SODA
65/100
Diet Ginger Ale
65/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Zero Calorie Cola lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 35th percentile a longer ingredient list than 35% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 10 (35th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Full Ingredient List

CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (A PRESERVATIVE), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, NATURAL FLAVOR, CAFFEINE.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Zero Calorie Cola

Neighbours outside Refreshe near Zero Calorie Cola's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Refreshe; these peers cross brands.

Same mid-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score: 30% of this label's ingredients carry a caution flag.

Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (10 on 0021130252619).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Zero Calorie Cola's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Zero Calorie Cola'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 0021130252619: 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.