Caution

Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit

by Xs

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0859710000752 · Xs · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0859710000752 · Serving size 1 portion (355 ml)

The verdict

Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit by Xs scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, White Grape Juice Concentrate, Apple Juice Concentrate. 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 26 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

48/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

10000752 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 46% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Summit Energy Drink · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000752 · July 2026

12 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 10000752 · 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: Summit Energy Drink · Nearest score peer is Summit Energy Drink 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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 Energy Pink Grapefruit: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sparkling Energy Pink Gra…70/1002. Summit Energy Drink: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Summit Energy Drink70/1003. Sweet chilli pepper flavoured corn chips: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweet chilli pepper flavo…70/1004. Sparkling Water: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sparkling Water70/1005. Loaded baked flavored mashed potatoes: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Loaded baked flavored mas…70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit (70/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit
70/100
Summit Energy Drink
70/100
Sweet chilli pepper flavoured corn chips
70/100
Sparkling Water
70/100
Loaded baked flavored mashed potatoes
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. Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit 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 and beverages preparations products

Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 26 (94th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carbonated Water
2
White Grape Juice Concentrate
3
Apple Juice Concentrate
4
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
5
L-glutamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
6
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
7
Vitamin C
8
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
9
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
10
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
11
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
12
Preservative
13
Pink Grapefruit Juice Concentrate
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
16
Vegetable Juice
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
17
Color
18
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Calcium D-pantothenate
20
Natural Flavor
21
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Panax Ginseng Root Extractive
23
American Ginseng
24
Panax Quinquefolla
25
Root Extractive
26
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Carbonated Water, White Grape Juice Concentrate, Apple Juice Concentrate, Taurine, L-Glutamine, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Caffeine, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Pink Grapefruit Juice Concentrate, Sucralose, Acesulfame Potassium, Vegetable Juice (Color), Niacinamide, Calcium d-Pantothenate, Natural Flavor, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Panax Ginseng Root Extractive, American Ginseng (Panax Quinquefolla), Root Extractive, Cyanocobalamin

Other products containing Root Extractive

Root Extractive is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Energy drinks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit

Neighbours outside Xs near Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Xs; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Sparkling Energy Pink Grapefruit'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 0859710000752: 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.