Sparkling Ice Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry

Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry: 3.9/5 ingredient safety

Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry by Sparkling Ice has 7 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 and beverages preparations / Beverages / Carbonated drinks / Waters / Carbonated waters

How This Score Is Built

Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry 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). 7 of its 7 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 Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry 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 7 tracked ingredients
7
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
6
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, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE (FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, D-ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), BIOTIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12), SUCRALOSE, CITRIC ACID, GUM ARABIC, ESTER GUM, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), POTASSIUM BENZOATE (TO ENSURE FRESHNESS)

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sparkling Ice Starburst 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0016571959265
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry's 3.9/5 average puts it in the lower 81%, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry?

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 3.9/5 average places Sparkling Ice Starburst Cherry 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.