Safe

Monster Energy

by Monster

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070847819509 · Monster · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070847819509 · Serving size 8 OZA (240 ml)

The verdict

Monster Energy by Monster scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 31-component record, beginning with Carbonate Citric Acid, Matural Fl Vice. Sugar, Glucose Taurine. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 31 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

47819509 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Monster Energy label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Inositol PHOTO-FINISH Hansen's, cane soda, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …819509 · July 2026

6 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Inositol). Source sheet 47819509 · 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: Hansen's, cane soda, mandarin lime · Nearest score peer is Hansen's, cane soda, mandarin lime at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Monster Energy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Monster Energy100/1002. Hansen's, cane soda, mandarin lime: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hansen's, cane soda, mand…100/1003. Hansen's, natural cane soda, kiwi, strawberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hansen's, natural cane so…100/1004. Hansen's, cherry vanilla creme soda, cherry vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hansen's, cherry vanilla …100/1005. Natural cane soda: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Natural cane soda100/100
High-band neighbours for Monster Energy (100/100) outside Monster.
Chart values as text

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

Monster Energy
100/100
Hansen's, cane soda, mandarin lime
100/100
Hansen's, natural cane soda, kiwi, strawberry
100/100
Hansen's, cherry vanilla creme soda, cherry vanilla
100/100
Natural cane soda
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Monster Energy scores 9.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Monster Energy lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 31 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 products (2%)

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 16,917 Beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

CARBONATE CITRIC ACID, MATURAL FL vice. SUGAR, GLUCOSE TAURINE, SODIUM ACID (PRESERVATIVE). SUCRALSE, BENZOIC ACID CITRATE, PAMAX GINSENG FOR CAFFEINE, SORBIC L-TARTRATE, NIACINAMIDE (VIT. B3). SALT, ACESULFAME PRESERVATIVE), FRUIT JUICE (COLOR). L-CARNITINE GUARANA EXTRACT, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE POTASSIUM, INOSITOL, D-GLUCURONOLACTONE (VIT. B6). RIBOFLAVIN (VIT. B2), MALTODEXTRIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VIT. B12). MANUFACTURED FOR MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA, CA 92879 U.S.A. 2014 MONSTER ENERGY COMPANY MADE IN THE NETHERLANDS MONSTER ENERGY BLEND: GLUCOSE. TAURINE. CAFFEINE. L-CARNITINE, INOSITOL GLUCURONOLACTONE, GUARANA EXTRACT MALTODEXTRIN CAFFEINE FROM ALL SOURCES: 180mg PER CAN CONSUME RESPONSIBLY: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN, PEOPLE SENSITIVE TO CAFFEINE, PREGNANT WOMEN OR WOMEN WHO ARE NURSING. CRI CTRV-ME-VT-MA-NY 328848 0424B N

Categories

Beverages Carbonated drinks Sodas Energy drinks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Monster Energy

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Monster Energy has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0070847819509: 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.