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Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate

by Dasani

Open Food Facts label for barcode 04911908 · Dasani · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 04911908 · Serving size 0.33 tsp (1.7 ml)

The verdict

Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate by Dasani scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Water, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors; 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 10 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
04911908
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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

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.

04911908 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 10 ing. REG-MOST 70% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Flavor enhancer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …911908 · July 2026

7 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 04911908 · 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: Flavor enhancer · Nearest score peer is Flavor enhancer 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.

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 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. Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enh…20/1002. Flavor enhancer: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Flavor enhancer20/1003. Mio Energy caffeine & vitamins: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mio Energy caffeine & vit…20/1004. Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon20/1005. Kool-Aid Liquid: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kool-Aid Liquid20/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate's 20/100 while 40% of its parsed list carries a caution flag.
Chart values as text

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

Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate
20/100
Flavor enhancer
20/100
Mio Energy caffeine & vitamins
20/100
Iced Tea Drink Mix, Lemon
20/100
Kool-Aid Liquid
20/100

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. Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate scores 70.5 points below that category average (20/100 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 and beverages preparations products

Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate lists 10 ingredients on its label

10 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). This entry sits in this band. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Above this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Above this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Above this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations 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

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 10 (46th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 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 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations 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

Water, Less Than 2% Of: Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Malic Acid, Sucralose, Potassium Citrate, Acesulfame Potassium, Potassium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (To Protect Taste), Red 40, Blue 1.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate

Neighbours outside Dasani in the same lower screening band as Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Dasani; these peers cross brands.

Nearest screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score: 40% of this label's ingredients carry a caution flag.

Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (10 on 04911908).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 10-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Dasani, Drops, Flavor Enhancer, Cherry Pomegranate, Cherry Pomegranate's 4 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 04911908: 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.