Elderflower cordial
by Blossom Cottage
Open Food Facts label for barcode 5021812001868 · Blossom Cottage · Syrups. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Elderflower cordial by Blossom Cottage scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 9 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 9-component label led by Cotswold Spring Water, Sugar, Fructose; 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 9 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- 5021812001868
- 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.
12001868 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Elderflower cordial label screening desk
3 of 9 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 12001868 · 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: Muesli Rood Fruit · Nearest score peer is Muesli Rood Fruit 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.
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 1,479 products we've scored in the Syrups category, the average safety score is 93.2/100. Elderflower cordial scores 6.8 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.2/100), 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 Syrups products
Elderflower cordial lists 9 ingredients on its label
9 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% of the 110 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 2–4
- 7 products (6%)
- 4–6
- 18 products (16%)
- 6–8
- 12 products (11%)
- 8–10
- 27 products (25%)
- 10–12
- 26 products (24%)
- 12–14
- 11 products (10%)
- 14–16
- 5 products (5%)
- 16–18
- 2 products (2%)
- 20–22
- 1 products (1%)
- 24 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 110 Syrups 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
Cotswold spring water, Sugar, Fructose, Elderflowers, Citric acid, White grape juice from concentrate, Natural flavourings, Preservative: Sodium metabisulphite. Allergens are highlighted in bold. No artificial flavours, colours or sweeteners. Dilute 1 part cordial to 4 parts water. Refrigerate
Other products containing Elderflowers
Elderflowers is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
High-score cross-brand comparables for Elderflower cordial
Neighbours outside Blossom Cottage with screening scores in the same high band as Elderflower cordial (100/100 here). No other Blossom Cottage products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.
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 (9 on 5021812001868).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Elderflower cordial's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 9-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
- Compare Elderflower cordial's 0 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 5021812001868: 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.