Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda
Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda by Steel Reserve has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
WATER, CORN SYRUP (DEXTROSE), BARLEY MALT, YEAST, HOP EXTRACT, SUCROSE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, FD&C YELLOW #6, FD&C RED #40, SODIUM BENZOATE, SODIUM CITRATE, AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (ADDED FOR FRESHNESS). CORN SYRUP IS USED AS PART OF THE BREWING PROCESS ONLY. STEEL RESERVE NEVER USES HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. MALT BEVERAGE WITH NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS & CERTIFIED COLORS. Ball (20812A3XT
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Steel Reserve
- Barcode
- 0034100012823
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda above or below average on ingredient safety?
Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Alloy Series Spiked Orange Soda's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.