Caution

Tropical Punch Zero Sugar

by Zoa

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0850021015435 · Zoa · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0850021015435 · Serving size 1 serving (355 g)

The verdict

Tropical Punch Zero Sugar by Zoa scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, Citric Acid, Vegetable Color. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0850021015435
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

21015435 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tropical Punch Zero Sugar label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Frosted Grape · ±0 BOOK-OFF …015435 · July 2026

14 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 21015435 · 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: Frosted Grape · Nearest score peer is Frosted Grape 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Tropical Punch Zero Sugar: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tropical Punch Zero Sugar70/1002. Frosted Grape: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Frosted Grape70/1003. Sliced Prosciutto: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sliced Prosciutto70/1004. Nootropic-Infused Protein Bar - Blueberry Almond: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Nootropic-Infused Protein…70/1005. Fit whey protein: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fit whey protein70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tropical Punch Zero Sugar (70/100 on 30 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tropical Punch Zero Sugar
70/100
Frosted Grape
70/100
Sliced Prosciutto
70/100
Nootropic-Infused Protein Bar - Blueberry Almond
70/100
Fit whey protein
70/100

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. Tropical Punch Zero Sugar scores 20.5 points below that category average (70/100 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

Tropical Punch Zero Sugar lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 30 (96th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 30 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
Vegetable Color
4
Natural Flavors
5
Sodium Citrate
6
Potassium Citrate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
7
Caffeine From Green Coffee
8
Green Tea
9
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
12
Magnesium Lactate
13
Green Tea Extract
14
Acerola Juice Powder
15
L-valine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
16
L-isoleucine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
17
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
19
L-glutamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
20
Choline Bitartrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Vit. B3
23
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vit. B6
25
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
26
Vit. B2
27
Camu Camu Extract
28
Turmeric Extract
29
Cyanocobalamin
30
Vit. B12

Full Ingredient List

CARBONATED WATER, CITRIC ACID, VEGETABLE COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CAFFEINE FROM GREEN COFFEE , GREEN TEA, ASCORBIC ACID, RIBOFLAVIN, SUCRALOSE, MAGNESIUM LACTATE, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, ACEROLA JUICE POWDER, L-VALINE, L-ISOLEUCINE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, L-GLUTAMINE, CHOLINE BITARTRATE, NIACINAMIDE (VIT. B3), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VIT. B6), FOLIC ACID, RIBOFLAVIN (VIT. B2), CAMU CAMU EXTRACT, TURMERIC EXTRACT, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VIT. B12)

Other products containing Caffeine From Green Coffee

Caffeine From Green Coffee is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Tropical Punch Zero Sugar

Neighbours outside Zoa near Tropical Punch Zero Sugar's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Zoa; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tropical Punch Zero Sugar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Tropical Punch Zero Sugar'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 0850021015435: 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.