Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar by Coca-Cola · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingCoca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Sucralose — Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- Phosphoric acid — Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (14)
- CARBONATED WATER53.84615384615385%—›
- LESS THAN 2% OF23.076923076923077%—
- CARAMEL COLOR23.076923076923077%—
- NATURAL FLAVORS2.5%—
- PHOSPHORIC ACID2.5%⚠ low
- ASPARTAME2.5%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM2.5%—›
- BENZOATE2.5%—›
- TO PROTECT TASTE2.5%—
- SODIUM CITRATE2.5%—›
- ACESULFAME2.5%—›
- POTASSIUM2.5%—›
- SUCRALOSE1.53846153846154%⚠ moderate
- CAFFEINE0.7692307692307736%—›
- PHENYLALANINE0.7692307692307736%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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CARBONATED WATER, LESS THAN 2% OF: CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, SODIUM, BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), SODIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME, POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, CAFFEINE, PHENYLALANINE
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