Soda

Name: Soda
Brand: Big Red

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Ingredients · 6

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Common questions

Is Big Red Soda healthy?

Big Red Soda scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Big Red Soda?

Big Red Soda lists 6 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Inc, Plano and Caffeine Natural and Artificial Flavors Produced Under the Authority of Dr Pepper Red 40. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Big Red Soda contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Big Red Soda’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Big Red Soda?

Big Red Soda is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Big Red Soda compare to other soda & soft drinks?

At 5/100 Big Red Soda scores worse than most soda & soft drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in soda & soft drinks is poppi Prebiotic Soda Cherry Limeade at 92/100.

Is Big Red Soda organic?

Big Red Soda is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.