diet lemon up

diet lemon up: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

diet lemon up by Food Lion, Food Town Stores Inc. has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For diet lemon up, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where diet lemon up sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Carbonated water, citric acid, natural flavor, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate (preservative), aspartame, acesulfame potassium.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for diet lemon up: 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0035826087331
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does diet lemon up rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 3.5/5, diet lemon up sits behind 91% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should diet lemon up's 3.5/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. diet lemon up's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is the Mixed Evidence 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.