Sparkling red grape juice by Welch's, Welch Foods Inc · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingSparkling red grape juice
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- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type 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
Critical
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium metabisulphite — Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (6)
- Sparkling water58.333333333333336%—›
- Concord grape juice20.833333333333332%—›
- High fructose corn syrup10.416666666666664%—›
- Sodium benzoate5.208333333333329%⚠ moderate
- Preservative5.208333333333329%—
- Potassium metabisulfite2.6041666666666643%⚠ moderate
- Preservative2.6041666666666643%—
- Citric acid2.604166666666657%—
- For tartness2.604166666666657%—›
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Sparkling filtered water, concord grape juice, high fructose corn syrup, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium metabisulfite (preservative), citric acid (for tartness).
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.