Fruit punch drink by Safeway Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Safeway Inc. SISafeway Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingFruit punch drink
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
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- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported 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 bandFood healthCritical
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Allura red AC — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Brilliant blue FCF — Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported 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.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17)
- Water52.94117647058823%—›
- High fructose corn syrup23.529411764705884%—›
- Contains less than 2% of11.764705882352942%—
- Citric acid11.764705882352942%—
- Modified corn syrup5.882352941176471%—
- Natural and artificial flavors2.5%—
- Apple juice1.691176470588232%—›
- Orange pulp0.845588235294116%—
- Potassium citrate0.422794117647058%—
- Ester gum0.211397058823529%—
- Brominated soybean oil0.10569852941176805%—›
- Red#400.052849264705884025%⚠ high
- Color0.052849264705884025%—
- Blue#10.026424632352942012%⚠ moderate
- Color0.026424632352942012%—
- Acesulfame potassium0.013212316176471006%⚠ low
- Neotame0.00660615808823195%—
- Sodium benzoate0.003303079044115975%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate0.0016515395220579876%—
- Preservatives0.0016515395220579876%—
- Dextrose0.0016515395220579876%—›
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Water, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: citric acid, modified corn syrup, natural and artificial flavors, apple juice concentrate, orange pulp, potassium citrate, ester gum, brominated soybean oil, red#40 (color), blue#1 (color), acesulfame potassium, neotame, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), 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.