Sainsbury's bronchial balsam · GreenveilSaving recent analysisSainsbury's bronchial balsam
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 healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Benzoic acidPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
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 health
High
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Benzoic acid — Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (16)
- Menthol53.333333333333336%—›
- Aniseed oil 3.5mcl and capsicum tincture 25mcl per23.333333333333332%—
- Other ingredients ginger oleoresin11.666666666666664%—
- Clove oil5.833333333333329%—›
- Peppermint oil2.9166666666666643%—›
- Glycerol e4221.4583333333333286%—
- Glucose0.7291666666666643%—›
- Sucrose0.3645833333333286%—›
- Tragacanth e4130.1822916666666643%—
- Benzoic acid e2100.0911458333333286%⚠ moderate
- E150c0.0455729166666643%—
- Benzoin tincture0.022786458333328596%—
- Tolu tincture0.011393229166664298%—
- Ethanol0.005696614583328596%—
- Purified water0.005696614583328596%—
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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menthol 1mg, aniseed oil 3.5mcl and capsicum tincture 25mcl per 5ml.
other ingredients
ginger oleoresin, clove oil, peppermint oil, glycerol e422, glucose, sucrose, tragacanth e413, benzoic acid e210, caramel e150c, benzoin tincture, tolu tincture, ethanol and purified water.
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
