Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops
Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops by Ricola has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops 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). 2 of its 2 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 Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
sugar, glucose syrup, citric acid, sodium ascorbate, lime juice concentrate, extract of a Ricola herb mixture (elder, horehound, hyssop, lemon balm, linden flowers, mallow, peppermint, sage, thyme, wild thyme), Asian ginseng extract powder (root) [contains: maltodextrin, silica), vitamin B6/B12 blend (pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin) [contains: maltodextrin, sodium citrate, citric acid], lemon balm extract, natural flavors
Product Details
- Brand
- Ricola
- Barcode
- 0036602311879
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops's safety score compare to other products?
Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Herbal Immunity Citrus Drops's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, which is 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.