Safe

Zero Calorie Sweetener

by Merisant Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0300258901150 · Merisant Company · Sweeteners. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0300258901150 · Serving size 1 PACKET (1 g)

The verdict

Zero Calorie Sweetener by Merisant Company scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 4 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Dextrose, Stevia Extract, Cellulose Powder, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 4 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.

58901150 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Zero Calorie Sweetener label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 4 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 61% LEAD-FLAG Dextrose PHOTO-FINISH Zero calorie sweetener · ±0 BOOK-OFF …901150 · July 2026

1 of 4 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dextrose). Source sheet 58901150 · 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: Zero calorie sweetener · Nearest score peer is Zero calorie sweetener 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.

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

1. Zero Calorie Sweetener: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Zero Calorie Sweetener100/1002. Zero calorie sweetener: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Zero calorie sweetener100/1003. Equal, Natural Sweetener Stevia: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Equal, Natural Sweetener …100/1004. Blocbuster microwave popcorn salted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Blocbuster microwave popc…100/1005. Jaguar Crunch Jaguar Croquant: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Jaguar Crunch Jaguar Croq…100/100
High-band neighbours for Zero Calorie Sweetener (100/100) outside Merisant Company.
Chart values as text

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

Zero Calorie Sweetener
100/100
Zero calorie sweetener
100/100
Equal, Natural Sweetener Stevia
100/100
Blocbuster microwave popcorn salted
100/100
Jaguar Crunch Jaguar Croquant
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 3,856 products we've scored in the Sweeteners category, the average safety score is 96.7/100. Zero Calorie Sweetener scores 3.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 96.7/100), 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 Sweeteners products

Zero Calorie Sweetener lists 4 ingredients on its label

4 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% of the 1,596 products we track

0–2: 186 products (12%). Below this entry. 2–4: 431 products (27%). Below this entry. 4–6: 224 products (14%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 176 products (11%). Above this entry. 8–10: 186 products (12%). Above this entry. 10–12: 232 products (15%). Above this entry. 12–14: 56 products (4%). Above this entry. 14–16: 78 products (5%). Above this entry. 16–18: 8 products (1%). Above this entry. 18–20: 9 products (1%). Above this entry. 20–22: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 22–24: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1 products (0%). Above this entry. This product 0 34 every published Sweeteners 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

1,596 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 4 (39th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (12%)
2–4
431 products (27%)
4–6
224 products (14%)
6–8
176 products (11%)
8–10
186 products (12%)
10–12
232 products (15%)
12–14
56 products (4%)
14–16
78 products (5%)
16–18
8 products (1%)
18–20
9 products (1%)
20–22
2 products (0%)
22–24
5 products (0%)
28–30
2 products (0%)
32 and above
1 products (0%)

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 1,596 Sweeteners 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

Dextrose, stevia extract, cellulose powder, natural flavors.

Categories

Sweeteners Sugars

High-score cross-brand comparables for Zero Calorie Sweetener

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

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Dextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Zero Calorie Sweetener's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 4-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Dextrose. Open Dextrose
  • Compare Zero Calorie Sweetener's 0 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 0300258901150: 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.