JELL-O Zero Sugar
by Jell-O
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043000046098 · Jell-O · Food additives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
JELL-O Zero Sugar by Jell-O scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 12 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 12-component label led by Water, Gelatin, Adipic Acid And Citric 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.
- 50/100
- Concern safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 12 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 0043000046098
- 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
37/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
50/100
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.
00046098 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
JELL-O Zero Sugar label screening desk
4 of 12 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00046098 · 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: JELL-O Cherry · Nearest score peer is JELL-O Cherry 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 is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.
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 322 products we've scored in the Food additives category, the average safety score is 90.2/100. JELL-O Zero Sugar scores 40.2 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 90.2/100), 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 Food additives products
JELL-O Zero Sugar lists 12 ingredients on its label
12 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% of the 101 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 3 products (3%)
- 2–4
- 32 products (32%)
- 4–6
- 13 products (13%)
- 6–8
- 10 products (10%)
- 8–10
- 14 products (14%)
- 10–12
- 8 products (8%)
- 12–14
- 8 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 3 products (3%)
- 16–18
- 5 products (5%)
- 18–20
- 1 products (1%)
- 20–22
- 3 products (3%)
- 22 and above
- 1 products (1%)
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 101 Food additives 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 50/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 12 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, gelatin, adipic acid and citric acid (for tartness), sodium citrate (controls acidity), aspartame* and acesulfame potassium (sweeteners), natural and artificial flavor, salt, yellow 6, red 40.
Other products containing Adipic Acid And Citric Acid
Adipic Acid And Citric Acid is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for JELL-O Zero Sugar
Neighbours outside Jell-O near JELL-O Zero Sugar's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jell-O; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 12 on 0043000046098).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (12 on 0043000046098).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from JELL-O Zero Sugar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 12-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
- Compare JELL-O Zero Sugar'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 0043000046098: 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.