Roundy's NOVA 4

Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry

Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry by Roundy's has 5 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, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

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

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. 5 of 5 ingredients tracked for Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry 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 Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry 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 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
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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, blackberry juice from concentrate, malic acid, natural flavor, potassium benzoate (a preservative), sucralose, potassium sorbate (a preservative), green tea, red 40, magnesium sulfate, calcium chloride, calcium disodium edta (to protect

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry: 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
0011150165273
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry's safety score compare to other products?

Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry's 4.2/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Sparkling Water Beverage, Black Raspberry's 4.2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.