Avoid

cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale

by Canada Dry

Open Food Facts label for barcode 07844401 · Canada Dry · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 07844401 · Serving size 1 Can

The verdict

cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale by Canada Dry scores 45/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 12 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 12-component label led by Carbonated Water, Ginger Extract, Cherry Juice Concentrate; 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.

45/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 12 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

45/100

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.

07844401 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 45/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 12 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 42% LEAD-FLAG Aspartame PHOTO-FINISH fruit gushers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …844401 · July 2026

6 of 12 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Aspartame). Source sheet 07844401 · 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: fruit gushers · Nearest score peer is fruit gushers 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.

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. cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. cherry fruit splash cherr…45/1002. fruit gushers: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. fruit gushers45/1003. fruit punch water flavor: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. fruit punch water flavor45/1004. Reeses Collisers Layered: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Reeses Collisers Layered45/1005. Kool-Aid Liquid Strawberry: 45/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kool-Aid Liquid Strawberry45/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale (45/100 on 12 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale
45/100
fruit gushers
45/100
fruit punch water flavor
45/100
Reeses Collisers Layered
45/100
Kool-Aid Liquid Strawberry
45/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale scores 52.7 points below that category average (45/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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

cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale lists 12 ingredients on its label

12 58th percentile a longer ingredient list than 58% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 12 (58th 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

Carbonated water, ginger extract, cherry juice concentrate, lime juice concentrate, natural flavors, citric acid, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, Red 40.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Plant-based foods and beverages Beverages Plant-based beverages Carbonated drinks Fruit-based beverages Artificially sweetened beverages Sodas Diet beverages Fruit sodas Diet sodas Light fruit sodas

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale

Neighbours outside Canada Dry in the same lower screening band as cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale (45/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Canada Dry; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Aspartame is the first flagged ingredient selected from cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 12-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Aspartame. Open Aspartame
  • Compare cherry fruit splash cherry ginger ale'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 07844401: 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.