Caution

Sparkling Green Apple Cherry

by Celsius

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0889392000863 · Celsius · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0889392000863 · Serving size 1 serving (355ml)

The verdict

Sparkling Green Apple Cherry by Celsius scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 22 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 22-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Filtered Water, Citric Acid, Taurine. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 22 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

92000863 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sparkling Green Apple Cherry label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 22 ing. REG-PART 59% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Celcius Sparkling Orange · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000863 · July 2026

13 of 22 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 92000863 · 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: Celcius Sparkling Orange · Nearest score peer is Celcius Sparkling Orange 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.

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.

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 Green Apple Cherry: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sparkling Green Apple Che…85/1002. Celcius Sparkling Orange: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Celcius Sparkling Orange85/1003. Sparkling Mango Lemonade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sparkling Mango Lemonade85/1004. Celsius: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Celsius85/1005. Celsius: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Celsius85/100
High-band neighbours for Sparkling Green Apple Cherry (85/100) outside Celsius.
Chart values as text

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

Sparkling Green Apple Cherry
85/100
Celcius Sparkling Orange
85/100
Sparkling Mango Lemonade
85/100
Celsius
85/100
Celsius
85/100

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 Green Apple Cherry scores 5.5 points below that category average (85/100 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 Green Apple Cherry lists 22 ingredients on its label

22 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 22 (89th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 22 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carbonated Filtered 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
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
4
Guarana Seed Extract
5
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
6
Green Tea Extract
7
Vegetable Juice
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT
Color Additive
8
Color
9
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
10
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
11
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
12
Glucuronolactone
13
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
14
Ginger Root Extract
15
Natural Flavor
16
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Chromium Chelate
21
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
22
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Carbonated Filtered Water, Citric Acid, Taurine, Guarana Seed Extract, Caffeine, Green Tea Extract, Vegetable Juice (color), Malic Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Ascorbic Acid, Glucuronolactone, Sucralose, Ginger Root Extract, Natural Flavor, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Chromium Chelate, Biotin, Cyanocobalamin

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Carbonated drinks Waters Artificially sweetened beverages Sodas Carbonated waters Energy drinks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sparkling Green Apple Cherry

Neighbours outside Celsius with screening scores in the same high band as Sparkling Green Apple Cherry (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Celsius; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sparkling Green Apple Cherry's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 22-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Sparkling Green Apple Cherry's 1 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 0889392000863: 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.