A&W Root Beer Zero Sugar by A&W · Greenveil
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Verdict Consider avoidingA&W Root Beer Zero Sugar
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Decision lens Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health High ⚠ Contains additive of concern Sodium benzoate Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Aspartame Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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1 nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score 2 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 3 final band "high" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies. Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (8) Carbonated water 56.25% — › Caramel 21.875% — Sodium benzoate 10.9375% ⚠ moderate Aspartame 5.46875% ⚠ moderate Phenylalanine 5.46875% — › Natural and artificial flavour 2.5% — Sodium citrate 1.484375% — › Malic acid 0.7421875% — Saponin 0.7421875% — › Show original Carbonated water, Caramel, Sodium benzoate, Aspartame (phenylalanine), Natural and artificial flavour, Sodium citrate, Malic acid, Saponin
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This read is based on the product's overall high safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
