Lemon Mint Herb Throat Drops by Ricola · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Ricola RRicola
VerdictConsider avoidingLemon Mint Herb Throat Drops
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- AspartameSweetener; 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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Overall food-health bandFood healthHigh
Processing
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 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
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (20)
- Active ingredient52.5%—
- In each drop52.5%—
- Menthol23.75%—›
- Oral anesthetic Inactive Ingredients ascorbic acid vitamin C11.875%—
- Aspartame5.9375%⚠ moderate
- Citric acid2.96875%—
- Lemon balm1.484375%—
- A Ricola herb mixture0.7421875%—
- Elder0.37109375%—
- Horehound0.185546875%—›
- Hyssop0.0927734375%—›
- Lemon balm0.04638671875%—
- Linden flowers0.023193359375%—›
- Mallow0.0115966796875%—
- Peppermint0.00579833984375%—›
- Sage0.002899169921875%—›
- Thyme0.0014495849609375%—›
- Wild thyme0.00072479248046875%—›
- Isomalt0.000362396240234375%—
- Natural color0.000181198120117188%—
- Beta-carotene0.000181198120117188%—
- Natural flavors0.000181198120117188%—
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Active ingredient (in each drop) menthol 1.1 mg , oral anesthetic
Inactive Ingredients ascorbic acid vitamin C), aspartame, citric acid, extracts of lemon balm and a Ricola herb mixture (elder, horehound, hyssop, lemon balm, linden flowers, mallow, peppermint, sage, thyme, wild thyme, isomalt, natural color (beta-carotene), natural flavors
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.