Sugar sweetened iced tea mix

Sugar sweetened iced tea mix: 4/5 ingredient safety

Sugar sweetened iced tea mix by Food Lion, Food Town Stores Inc. has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 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 / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Dehydrated beverages / Tea-based beverages / Iced teas / Lemon flavored iced teas

How This Score Is Built

Sugar sweetened iced tea mix 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). 2 of its 2 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 Sugar sweetened iced tea mix sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

Sugar, citric acid, instant tea, caramel color, natural lemon flavor with other natural flavors, artificial color (f.d. & c. red #40).

Product Details

Barcode
0035826095213
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Sugar sweetened iced tea mix rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Sugar sweetened iced tea mix sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Sugar sweetened iced tea mix's 4/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Sugar sweetened iced tea mix's 4/5 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.