Sparkling Ice Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Naturally flavored sparkling water

Naturally flavored sparkling water: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Naturally flavored sparkling water by Sparkling Ice has 11 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Beverages / Waters

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 11 of 11 ingredients tracked for Naturally flavored sparkling water have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Naturally flavored sparkling water sits nationally

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

3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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

3.9
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.9 out of 5
Based on 11 tracked ingredients
11
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
10
Low Risk / Safe
C
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, malic acid, natural flavors, apple juice concentrate, potassium benzoate (to ensure freshness), vegetable juice (for color), sucralose, pomegranate juice concentrate, blueberry juice concentrate, gum arabic, green tea extract, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), beta carotene (for color), ester gum, biotin, niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), vitamin a, vitamin b12, vitamin d3, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Naturally flavored sparkling water: 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
0016571911263
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Naturally flavored sparkling water's safety score compare to other products?

Naturally flavored sparkling water scores 3.9 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 81% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Naturally flavored sparkling water's 3.9/5 score be read?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Naturally flavored sparkling water's mapped ingredients average out to 3.9/5, 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.