CORE 500
by Cadence
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0860012958658 · Cadence · Sports-drink. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
CORE 500 by Cadence scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 10 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 10-component label led by Carbonated Water, Sodium, Citrate; 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.
- 100/100
- Safe safety score
- 0
- None flagged · of 10 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- B
- 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
73/100
Grade B
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
B
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.
12958658 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
CORE 500 label screening desk
3 of 10 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Stevia). Source sheet 12958658 · 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: Pasture Sweets Variety Mix Gummies · Nearest score peer is Pasture Sweets Variety Mix Gummies 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.
The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.
The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 94 products we've scored in the Sports-drink category, the average safety score is 83/100. CORE 500 scores 17 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 83/100), 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 Sports-drink products
CORE 500 lists 10 ingredients on its label
10 19th percentile a longer ingredient list than 19% of the 80 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 4–6
- 3 products (4%)
- 6–8
- 7 products (9%)
- 8–10
- 5 products (6%)
- 10–12
- 10 products (13%)
- 12–14
- 7 products (9%)
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- 8 products (10%)
- 16–18
- 7 products (9%)
- 18–20
- 5 products (6%)
- 20–22
- 11 products (14%)
- 22–24
- 3 products (4%)
- 26–28
- 6 products (8%)
- 28–30
- 1 products (1%)
- 30–32
- 2 products (3%)
- 32–34
- 1 products (1%)
- 34–36
- 1 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 2 products (3%)
- 38 and above
- 1 products (1%)
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 80 Sports-drink 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
Full Ingredient List
CARBONATED WATER, SODIUM, CITRATE, PHOSPHORIC ACID,, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CITRIC, ACID, MAGNESIUM LACTATE,, NATURAL FLAVORS, STEVIA
Other products containing Citrate
Citrate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 46 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
More from Cadence
High-score cross-brand comparables for CORE 500
Neighbours outside Cadence with screening scores in the same high band as CORE 500 (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cadence; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Medium-label peers (9–20 ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (10 on 0860012958658).
Check the compact label closely
Check the compact label closely
CORE 500 has a shorter ingredient list than 81% of its Sports-drink category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.
- Start with Stevia and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
- Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
- Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0860012958658: 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.