Concern

Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda

by Jones

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0620221200906 · Jones · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0620221200906 · Serving size 1 bottle (355 ml)

The verdict

Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda by Jones scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 8 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 8-component label led by Carbonated Water, Cane Sugar, 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 8 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

21200906 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 8 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 61% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Jones soda green · ±0 BOOK-OFF …200906 · July 2026

4 of 8 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 21200906 · 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: Jones soda green apple · Nearest score peer is Jones soda green apple at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Jones soda birthday cake …50/1002. Jones soda green apple: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jones soda green apple50/1003. Tortilla Soup Starter: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Tortilla Soup Starter50/1004. Grape PB&J Lunch Box: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Grape PB&J Lunch Box50/1005. Italian style hoagie: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Italian style hoagie50/100
Short-label cross-brand peers (8 ingredients on 0620221200906).
Chart values as text

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

Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda
50/100
Jones soda green apple
50/100
Tortilla Soup Starter
50/100
Grape PB&J Lunch Box
50/100
Italian style hoagie
50/100

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. Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda scores 40.5 points below that category average (50/100 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

Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda lists 8 ingredients on its label

8 39th percentile a longer ingredient list than 39% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Above this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Above this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Above this entry. 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: 8 (39th 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

CARBONATED WATER, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (AS PRESERVATIVE), RED 40, YELLOW 6

Categories

Beverages Carbonated drinks Sodas

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda

Neighbours outside Jones near Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jones; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 8-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Jones soda birthday cake cane sugar soda's 2 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 0620221200906: 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.