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Open Food Facts label for barcode 0786162003553 · vitamin water · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0786162003553 · Serving size 1 serving (500 ml)

The verdict

vitaminwater by vitamin water scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Reverse Osmosis Water, Crystalline Fructose, Cane Sugar. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 21 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0786162003553
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

62003553 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

vitaminwater label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-RARE Zinc Gluconate PHOTO-FINISH Vitamin water · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003553 · July 2026

6 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Zinc Gluconate). Source sheet 62003553 · 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: Vitamin water · Nearest score peer is Vitamin water at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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.

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. vitaminwater: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. vitaminwater100/1002. Vitamin water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vitamin water100/1003. Vitaminwater Zero Squeezed Lemonade: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Vitaminwater Zero Squeeze…100/1004. Glaceau, vitaminwater zero, water beverage, fruit punch, fruit punch: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Glaceau, vitaminwater zer…100/1005. Nutrient enhanced water beverage: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nutrient enhanced water b…100/100
High-band neighbours for vitaminwater (100/100) outside vitamin water.
Chart values as text

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

vitaminwater
100/100
Vitamin water
100/100
Vitaminwater Zero Squeezed Lemonade
100/100
Glaceau, vitaminwater zero, water beverage, fruit punch, fruit punch
100/100
Nutrient enhanced water beverage
100/100

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. vitaminwater scores 9.5 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

vitaminwater lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 21 (87th 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

Reverse Osmosis Water, Crystalline Fructose, Cane Sugar, Vitamins C, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 (ascorbic Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cyanocobalamin), Electrolytes (calcium, Magnesium Lactate, Potassium Phosphate), Taurine, Citric Acid, Vegetable Juices, Natural Flavors, Zinc Gluconate, Chromium Polynicotinate.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Sweetened beverages

High-score cross-brand comparables for vitaminwater

Neighbours outside vitamin water with screening scores in the same high band as vitaminwater (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within vitamin water; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

vitaminwater has a longer ingredient list than 87% of its Beverages and beverages preparations category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0786162003553: 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.