Avoid

Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0760236936817 · Meijer · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0760236936817 · Serving size 0.5 PACKET (1 g)

The verdict

Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach by Meijer scores 15/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 11 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 11-component label led by Citric Acid, Maltodextrin, Instant Tea; 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.

15/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 11 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0760236936817
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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

15/100

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.

36936817 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 15/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 11 ing. REG-MOST 82% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH Pedialyte Strawberry Fruit · ±0 BOOK-OFF …936817 · July 2026

9 of 11 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 36936817 · 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: Pedialyte Strawberry Fruit Punch Grape Apple Electrolyte Powder · Nearest score peer is Pedialyte Strawberry Fruit Punch Grape Apple Electrolyte Powder 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.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Meijer, free & light, ice…15/1002. Pedialyte Strawberry Fruit Punch Grape Apple Electrolyte Powder: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pedialyte Strawberry Frui…15/1003. Ice cream: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream15/1004. Ice cream: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice cream15/1005. Orange cherry grape assorted junior ice cream pops: 15/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Orange cherry grape assor…15/100
Cross-brand screening scores near Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach's 15/100 while 45% 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.

Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach
15/100
Pedialyte Strawberry Fruit Punch Grape Apple Electrolyte Powder
15/100
Ice cream
15/100
Ice cream
15/100
Orange cherry grape assorted junior ice cream pops
15/100

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. Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach scores 75.5 points below that category average (15/100 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

Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach lists 11 ingredients on its label

11 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% 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%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 11 (62nd 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

Citric acid, maltodextrin, instant tea, aspartame**, caramel color, natural and artificial flavors, contains less than 2% of: magnesium oxide, acesulfame potassium, calcium silicate, yellow 5, red 40.

Categories

Beverages Dried products Dried products to be rehydrated Dehydrated beverages Tea-based beverages Iced teas

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach (15/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 11-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare Meijer, free & light, iced tea drink tea, peach's 5 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 0760236936817: 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.