Caution

Zero Calorie Sweetener

by Sweet'N Low

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044800001010 · Sweet'N Low · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044800001010 · Serving size 5g

The verdict

Zero Calorie Sweetener by Sweet'N Low scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Nutritive Dextrose, Saccharin, Cream Of Tartar, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 4 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0044800001010
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00001010 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Zero Calorie Sweetener label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 61% LEAD-FLAG Saccharin PHOTO-FINISH Zero Calorie Sweetener · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001010 · July 2026

2 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Saccharin). Source sheet 00001010 · 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: Zero Calorie Sweetener · Nearest score peer is Zero Calorie Sweetener 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.

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.

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 Sweetener: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Zero Calorie Sweetener85/1002. Zero Calorie Sweetener: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Zero Calorie Sweetener85/1003. Hot Links, Red Hots: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hot Links, Red Hots85/1004. Zero Calorie Sweetener: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Zero Calorie Sweetener85/1005. Zero Calorie Sweetener: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Zero Calorie Sweetener85/100
High-band neighbours for Zero Calorie Sweetener (85/100) outside Sweet'N Low.
Chart values as text

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

Zero Calorie Sweetener
85/100
Zero Calorie Sweetener
85/100
Hot Links, Red Hots
85/100
Zero Calorie Sweetener
85/100
Zero Calorie Sweetener
85/100

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. Zero Calorie Sweetener scores 11.7 points below that category average (85/100 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

Zero Calorie Sweetener lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% of the 1,596 products we track

0–2: 186 products (12%). Below this entry. 2–4: 431 products (27%). Below this entry. 4–6: 224 products (14%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 176 products (11%). Above this entry. 8–10: 186 products (12%). Above this entry. 10–12: 232 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 56 products (4%). Above this entry. 14–16: 78 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 8 products (1%). Above this entry. 18–20: 9 products (1%). Above this entry. 20–22: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 22–24: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 34 every published Sweeteners 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

1,596 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (39th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 4 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

NUTRITIVE DEXTROSE, SACCHARIN, CREAM OF TARTAR, CALCIUM SILICATE

Categories

Sweeteners Sugars

High-score cross-brand comparables for Zero Calorie Sweetener

Neighbours outside Sweet'N Low with screening scores in the same high band as Zero Calorie Sweetener (85/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Sweet'N Low; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Saccharin is the first flagged ingredient selected from Zero Calorie Sweetener's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Saccharin. Open Saccharin
  • Compare Zero Calorie Sweetener's 1 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 0044800001010: 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.