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Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0713733675598 · Meijer · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0713733675598 · Serving size 17 fl oz

The verdict

Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade by Meijer scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, Citric Acid, Calcium Lactate. 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 29 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.

33675598 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Mixed berry fruit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …675598 · July 2026

13 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 33675598 · 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: Mixed berry fruit & grain breakfast bars, mixed berry · Nearest score peer is Mixed berry fruit & grain breakfast bars, mixed berry 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.

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

1. Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sparkling Beverage Strawb…35/1002. Mixed berry fruit & grain breakfast bars, mixed berry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mixed berry fruit & grain…35/1003. Spearmint Starlight Mints: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Spearmint Starlight Mints35/1004. Kist, Sparkling Water, Orange Mango: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kist, Sparkling Water, Or…35/1005. Kist, Sparkling Water With Natural Energy, Blackberry, Blueberry: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kist, Sparkling Water Wit…35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade (35/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade
35/100
Mixed berry fruit & grain breakfast bars, mixed berry
35/100
Spearmint Starlight Mints
35/100
Kist, Sparkling Water, Orange Mango
35/100
Kist, Sparkling Water With Natural Energy, Blackberry, Blueberry
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. Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade 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 and beverages preparations products

Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 56 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 29 (96th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carbonated Water
2
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
3
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Apple Juice Concentrate
5
Natural Flavors
6
Lemon Juice Concentrate
7
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
8
Preservative
9
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
10
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
11
Green Tea Extract
12
Gum Arabic
13
Calcium Disodium Edta
14
Vitamin Blend
15
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Cholecalciferol
19
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Calcium D-pantothenate
21
Pantothenic Acid
22
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
23
Cyanocobalamin
24
Vitamin B12
25
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B6
27
Glycerol Ester Of Wood Rosin
28
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Carbonated water, citric acid, calcium lactate, apple juice concentrate, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), sucralose, green tea extract, gum arabic, calcium disodium EDTA, vitamin blend [niacinamide (niacin), vitamin A palmitate, cholecalciferol (vitamin D), calcium D-pantothenate (pantothenic acid), biotin, cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6)], glycerol ester of wood rosin, Red 40, Yellow 5.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Carbonated drinks Carbonated fruit soft drink Carbonated fruit soft drink with less than 10% of fruit juice Carbonated fruit soft drink with sugar and less than 10% of fruit juice

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Sparkling Beverage Strawberry Lemonade'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 0713733675598: 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.