Lemonade drink by Safeway Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Safeway Inc. SISafeway Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingLemonade drink
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health band
Food healthCritical
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (15)
- Water53.333333333333336%—›
- High fructose corn syrup23.333333333333332%—›
- Contains less than 2% of11.666666666666664%—
- Lemon juice concentrate11.666666666666664%—
- Citric acid5.833333333333329%—
- Modified corn starch2.9166666666666643%—›
- Natural flavors1.4583333333333286%—
- Ester gum0.7291666666666643%—
- Brominated soybean oil0.3645833333333286%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.1822916666666643%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate0.0911458333333286%—
- Preservatives0.0911458333333286%—
- Yellow#50.0455729166666643%⚠ high
- Calcium disodium edta0.022786458333328596%—
- To protect flavor0.022786458333328596%—
- Acesulfame potassium0.011393229166664298%⚠ low
- Neotame0.005696614583328596%—
- Dextrose0.005696614583328596%—›
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Water, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: lemon juice concentrate, citric acid, modified corn starch, natural flavors, ester gum, brominated soybean oil, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), yellow#5, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), acesulfame potassium, neotame, dextrose.
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.