Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate
by Shoprite
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041190048908 · Shoprite · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate by Shoprite scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 18 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 18-component label is layered, beginning with Water. Cocoa, Sorbitol, Or Less Of Caramel Color. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 18 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
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
90048908 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate label screening desk
10 of 18 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 90048908 · 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: Clear delight · Nearest score peer is Clear delight 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.
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.
A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 3,856 products we've scored in the Sweeteners category, the average safety score is 96.7/100. Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate scores 26.7 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 96.7/100), 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 Sweeteners products
Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate lists 18 ingredients on its label
18 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 1,596 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 186 products (12%)
- 2–4
- 431 products (27%)
- 4–6
- 224 products (14%)
- 6–8
- 176 products (11%)
- 8–10
- 186 products (12%)
- 10–12
- 232 products (15%)
- 12–14
- 56 products (4%)
- 14–16
- 78 products (5%)
- 16–18
- 8 products (1%)
- 18–20
- 9 products (1%)
- 20–22
- 2 products (0%)
- 22–24
- 5 products (0%)
- 28–30
- 2 products (0%)
- 32 and above
- 1 products (0%)
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 1,596 Sweeteners 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 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 18 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water. cocoa, sorbitol, contains 2% or less of caramel color, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, acesulfame potassium, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), salt, sucralose (splenda brand) (a non-nutritive aweetener), vanillin (an artificial flavoring), zinc sulfate, tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, and biotin.
Other products containing Or Less Of Caramel Color
Or Less Of Caramel Color is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 20 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Shoprite
Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate
Neighbours outside Shoprite near Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shoprite; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 18 on 0041190048908).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (18 on 0041190048908).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 18-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
- Compare Shoprite, sugar free syrup, chocolate's 2 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 0041190048908: 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.