Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup
by Matteo’s
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0055848500571 · Matteo’s · Syrups. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup by Matteo’s scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Water, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Cellulose Gum; 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.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 10 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- B
- 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
80/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
B
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.
48500571 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup label screening desk
6 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 48500571 · 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: Peanut butter light ice cream in a milk chocolate flavored coating minis snack bars, peanut butter, milk chocolate · Nearest score peer is Peanut butter light ice cream in a milk chocolate flavored coating minis snack bars, peanut butter, milk chocolate 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.
The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 1,479 products we've scored in the Syrups category, the average safety score is 93.2/100. Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup scores 13.2 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 93.2/100), 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 Syrups products
Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup lists 10 ingredients on its label
10 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% of the 110 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 2–4
- 7 products (6%)
- 4–6
- 18 products (16%)
- 6–8
- 12 products (11%)
- 8–10
- 27 products (25%)
- 10–12
- 26 products (24%)
- 12–14
- 11 products (10%)
- 14–16
- 5 products (5%)
- 16–18
- 2 products (2%)
- 20–22
- 1 products (1%)
- 24 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 110 Syrups 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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 10 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
WATER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), ACESULFAME-POTASSIUM, CARAMEL COLOR
Other products containing Acesulfame-potassium
Acesulfame-potassium is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 47 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup
Neighbours outside Matteo’s with screening scores in the same high band as Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Matteo’s; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 10 on 0055848500571).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (10 on 0055848500571).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup'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 Sucralose. Open Sucralose
- Compare Thin French Vanilla Coffee Syrup'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 0055848500571: 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.