Bang sour heads
by Bang
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0610764863430 · Bang · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Bang sour heads by Bang scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Carbonated Water, Malic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavors. 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.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 35 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
60/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
64863430 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Bang sour heads label screening desk
16 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 64863430 · 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: BLACK CHERRY VANILLA · Nearest score peer is BLACK CHERRY VANILLA 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.
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.
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
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. Bang sour heads scores 5.5 points below that category average (85/100 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
Bang sour heads lists 35 ingredients on its label
35 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 16,917 products we track
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
- 0–2
- 161 products (1%)
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- 2,220 products (13%)
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- 1,699 products (10%)
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- 2,564 products (15%)
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- 2,099 products (12%)
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- 1,442 products (9%)
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- 997 products (6%)
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- 402 products (2%)
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- 347 products (2%)
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- 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.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
How the 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
carbonated water, malic acid, natural and artificial flavors, caffeine, sodium berizoate (preserves treshness), potassium citrate îmonohydrate, sucralose, eaas (l-leucine, l-isoleucine, l-valine, l-lysine, l-threonine, l-phenylalanine, l-histidine, l-methionine, l-tryptophan), potassium phosphate dibasic, vitamin c (ascorbic acid acesuifame potassium, potassium sorbate (preserves freshness of magnesium chloride, over creatine (creatyl-l-leucine (creatine bonded to l-leucine]), calcium chloride, calcium disodium eta vitamin b3 (niacinamide), co010 (coenzyme q10), vitamin bộ (pyridoxine hydrochloride), and vitamin b12 (methicgbalamin),
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Bang sour heads
Neighbours outside Bang with screening scores in the same high band as Bang sour heads (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Bang; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 35 on 0610764863430).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (35 on 0610764863430).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bang sour heads's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
- Compare Bang sour heads'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 0610764863430: 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.