Rockstar NOVA 4

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade by Rockstar has 13 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Beverages and beverages preparations / Beverages / Energy drinks

How This Score Is Built

Recovery Strawberry Lemonade 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). 13 of its 13 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 Recovery Strawberry Lemonade sits nationally

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

4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 13 tracked ingredients
13
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
12
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

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

Water, clarified lemon juice concentrate, magnesium sulfate, natural flavor, citric acid, sodium polyphosphates, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), caffeine, potassium sorbate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, sodium citrate, taurine, niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium disodium EDTA, milk thistle extract, calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), zinc sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Red 40, caramel color, biotin.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Recovery Strawberry Lemonade: 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
0012000230714
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Recovery Strawberry Lemonade rank on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Recovery Strawberry Lemonade's 4.2/5 average puts it in the safer 60%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Recovery Strawberry Lemonade?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.2/5 average places Recovery Strawberry Lemonade 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.