Avoid

Diet orange soda

by Sunkist

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078000006766 · Sunkist · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078000006766 · Serving size 1 Bottle (16.9 fl oz)

The verdict

Diet orange soda by Sunkist scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 20 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 20-component label is layered, beginning with Trans Fat, Cholest, Fiber. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 20 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00006766 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Diet orange soda label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 20 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Trans Fat PHOTO-FINISH Fruit juicy red · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006766 · July 2026

7 of 20 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Trans Fat). Source sheet 00006766 · 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: Fruit juicy red · Nearest score peer is Fruit juicy red 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Diet orange soda: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Diet orange soda35/1002. Fruit juicy red: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit juicy red35/1003. Pillsbury, Crescent Dough: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pillsbury, Crescent Dough35/1004. Filled Crescents Cherry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Filled Crescents Cherry35/1005. Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Red Berries .88Oz: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kellogg'S Special K Cerea…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Diet orange soda (35/100 on 20 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Diet orange soda
35/100
Fruit juicy red
35/100
Pillsbury, Crescent Dough
35/100
Filled Crescents Cherry
35/100
Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Red Berries .88Oz
35/100

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. Diet orange soda scores 55.5 points below that category average (35/100 vs. 90.5/100), 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 Beverages products

Diet orange soda lists 20 ingredients on its label

20 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 20 (89th 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

CONTAINS NO JUICE Amount/serving Total Fat Og Sodium 120mg Total Carb. Og Protein 0g % DV* Nutrition Facts 0% 5% 0% Serving size 1Bottle Calories per serving Not a significant source of sat fat, trans fat, cholest, fiber, total sugars, added O sugars, vit. D, calcium, iron, and potas. * % DV = % Daily Value HREIATED WATER, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), ASPARTAME, MALIC ACID, SCOUM OTRE HI FAMDRS ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, MODIRED FOOD STARCH, ESTER GUM, CAFFEINE, YELLOW 6, RED 40. PHENLUETI CITANS PHENYLALANINE PRODUCED UNDER THE JOINT AUTHORITY OF DR PEPPER/SEVEN UP INC, 5301 LEGACY DRE AN RA AD SUNGST GROWERS, INC., VALENCIA, CA 91355. DIET SUNKIST IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF SUMST RVE ON SED UNDER LIGENSE G2018 SUNKIST GROWERS, INC. AND DR PEPPERVSEVEN UP, INC. CAFFEINE CONTENT20ng 8 %3D SK-0108 ORBC.02418G 6-PACK

Categories

Beverages Artificially sweetened beverages Diet beverages

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Diet orange soda

Neighbours outside Sunkist in the same lower screening band as Diet orange soda (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Sunkist; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Trans Fat is the first flagged ingredient selected from Diet orange soda's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 20-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Trans Fat. Open Trans Fat
  • Compare Diet orange soda's 3 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 0078000006766: 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.