Caution

Zero calorie sweetener

by Sweet'N Low

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044800011026 · Sweet'N Low · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044800011026 · Serving size 1 Packet (1g)

The verdict

Zero calorie sweetener by Sweet'N Low scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Nutritive Dextrose, Saccharin, Cream Of Tartar; 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 5 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0044800011026
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.

00011026 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Zero calorie sweetener label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 53% LEAD-FLAG Saccharin PHOTO-FINISH Zero Calorie Sweetener · ±0 BOOK-OFF …011026 · July 2026

2 of 5 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Saccharin). Source sheet 00011026 · 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.

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.

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 5 ingredients on its label

5 47th percentile a longer ingredient list than 47% 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: 5 (47th 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 5 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Nutritive dextrose, saccharin, cream of tartar, calcium silicate (an anticaking agent).

Categories

Sweeteners Food additives Sugar substitutes Sugars Artificial sugar substitutes

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 5-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 0044800011026: 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.