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Max Strength Cold & Flu Relief
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 3 Aug 2025
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Quinoline yellowHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
AspartameModerate concernSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Acesulfame KMinor concernSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Paracetamol 1000 mg and phenylephrine hydrochloride55.6%No flag
- Citric acid · E33011.1%No flag
- Natural lemon flavouring2.5%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E3002.5%No flag
- Acesulfame potassium · E9501.8%Low
Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- E9501.8%Low
Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- Aspartame · E9510.9%Moderate
Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- E9510.9%Moderate
Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Quinoline yellow · E1040.9%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- E1040.9%High
Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
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paracetamol 1000 mg and phenylephrine hydrochloride 12.2 mg, sucrose, citric acid, natural lemon flavours, sodium citrate, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), acesulfame potassium (E950), aspartame (E951), quinoline yellow (E104).
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Quinoline yellowSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- SucroseLow concern
- Sodium CitrateLow concern
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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