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Lemon juice
Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 3 additives of concern.
- Moderate
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 11 Aug 2025
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
Sodium sulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- 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
- Lemon juice from concentrate60%No flag
- Concentrated lemon juice25%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E21120%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium metabisulfite · E22310%Moderate
Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- And sodium sulfite · E2215%Moderate
Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Preservative5%No flag
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Lemon juice from concentrate (water, concentrated lemon juice), sodium benzoate, sodium metabisulfite, and sodium sulfite (preservatives), and lemon oil.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium sulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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