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Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade

by Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071156501031 · Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc. · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071156501031 · Serving size 8 ONZ (237 ml)

The verdict

Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade by Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc. scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 14 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 14-component label led by Filtered Water, Sugar, Maltodextrin; 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 14 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

56501031 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 14 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Whole Chocolate Milk · ±0 BOOK-OFF …501031 · July 2026

5 of 14 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 56501031 · 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: Whole Chocolate Milk · Nearest score peer is Whole Chocolate Milk 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Rutter's, Tea Cooler With…95/1002. Whole Chocolate Milk: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Whole Chocolate Milk95/1003. Buttermilk: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Buttermilk95/1004. Jocoque: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jocoque95/1005. Los Altos, Crema Mexicana Con Sal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Los Altos, Crema Mexicana…95/100
High-band neighbours for Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade (95/100) outside Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc..
Chart values as text

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

Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade
95/100
Whole Chocolate Milk
95/100
Buttermilk
95/100
Jocoque
95/100
Los Altos, Crema Mexicana Con Sal
95/100

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. Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade scores 4.5 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages products

Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade lists 14 ingredients on its label

14 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Above this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Above this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Above this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Above this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 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: 14 (77th 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

Filtered water, sugar, maltodextrin, instant tea solids, citric acid, caramel color, lemon juice from concentrate, natural flavors, sodium citrate, orange juice from concentrate, pectin, fd&c #6, modified corn starch, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate as preservatives (to preserve freshness).

Other products containing Instant Tea Solids

Instant Tea Solids is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages Tea-based beverages Iced teas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade

Neighbours outside Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rutter Bros. Dairy Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 14-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Rutter's, Tea Cooler With Lemonade'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 0071156501031: 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.