Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry
Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry by Shoprite, Wakefern Food Corporation has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.4 out of 5, 0.72 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 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Beverages / Carbonated drinks / Sodas
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 Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry, 5 of its 5 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 Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.4 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
- Potassium Benzoate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Carbonated water, citric acid, caramel color, potassium benzoate (a preservative), aspartame, potassium citrate, natural and artificial flavor, red 40 and blue 1.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry: 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: 3.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0041190019281
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry's safety score compare to other products?
Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry scores 3.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 91% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.72 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Shoprite, diet soda, black cherry, black cherry's mapped ingredients average out to 3.4/5, 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.