Caution

java monster

by Monster Energy

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070847029045 Β· Monster Energy. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070847029045

The verdict

java monster by Monster Energy scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 37-component record, beginning with Brewed Coffee, Filtered Water, Coffee. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged Β· of 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0070847029045
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

57/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

47029045 Β· Open Food Facts Β· July 2026

java monster label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Mean Bean Β· Β±0 BOOK-OFF …029045 Β· July 2026

12 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 47029045 Β· Open Food Facts Β· 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 Β· Read with nearest score peer: Mean Bean Β· Nearest score peer is Mean Bean 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 is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. java monster: 80/100 Β· 100% of the leader Β· rank #11. java monster80/1002. Mean Bean: 80/100 Β· 100% of the leader Β· rank #22. Mean Bean80/1003. Java Monster: 80/100 Β· 100% of the leader Β· rank #33. Java Monster80/1004. Java monster, energy drink, salted caramel, salted caramel: 80/100 Β· 100% of the leader Β· rank #44. Java monster, energy drin…80/1005. MONSTER ENERGY JAVA SALTED CARAMEL: 80/100 Β· 100% of the leader Β· rank #55. MONSTER ENERGY JAVA SALTE…80/100
High-band neighbours for java monster (80/100) outside Monster Energy.
Chart values as text

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

java monster
80/100
Mean Bean
80/100
Java Monster
80/100
Java monster, energy drink, salted caramel, salted caramel
80/100
MONSTER ENERGY JAVA SALTED CARAMEL
80/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

java monster lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists Β· 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Brewed Coffee
2
Filtered Water
3
Coffee
4
Skim Milk
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Cream
7
Glucose
8
Natural Flavors
9
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
10
Sodium Citrate
11
Microcrystalline Cellulose
12
Panax Ginseng Extract
13
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Vit. C
15
Tricalcium Phosphate
16
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
17
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
18
Calcium Alginate
19
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Vit. B3
21
Sodium Alginate
22
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
23
Color Added
24
D-glucuronolactone
25
Guarana Extract
26
Inositol
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
L-carnitine L-tartrate
28
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Vit. B6
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vit. B2
32
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
33
Glucuronolactone
34
L-carnitine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
35
Not Recommended For Children
36
People Sensitive To Caffeine
37
Pregnant Women Or Women Who Are Nursing

Full Ingredient List

brewed coffee (filtered water, coffee), skim milk, sugar, cream, glucose, natural flavors, taurine, sodium citrate, microcrystalline cellulose, panax ginseng extract, ascorbic acid (vit. c), tricalcium phosphate, carrageenan, caffeine, calcium alginate, niacinamide (vit. b3), sodium alginate, sucralose, color added, d-glucuronolactone, guarana extract, inositol, l-carnitine l-tartrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit. b6), riboflavin (vit. b2), maltodextrin. contains milk d manufactured for monster energy company monster energy blend: glucose, taurine, panax ginseng extract, caffeine, glucuronolactone, guarana extract, inositol, l-carnitine, maltodextrin. caffeine from all sources: 145mg per can caffeine values may vary based on coffee sources consume responsibly: not recommended for children, people sensitive to caffeine, pregnant women or women who are nursing.

High-score cross-brand comparables for java monster

Neighbours outside Monster Energy with screening scores in the same high band as java monster (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Monster Energy; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from java monster's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare java monster'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 0070847029045: 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.