Naturally lemon lime & cherry flavored soda with by Sprite · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Sprite SSprite
VerdictConsider avoidingNaturally lemon lime & cherry flavored soda with
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- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
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
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
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (8)
- E sprite carbonated water50%—
- High fructose corn syrup25%—›
- Citric acid12.5%—
- Natural flavors6.25%—
- Sodium sodium benzoate3.125%—
- To protect taste3.125%—
- Citrate1.5625%—›
- Natural flavors no cherry 20 floz amco proof of purchase 2021-005901.5625%—
- Sodium benzoate (E211)⚠ moderate
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e sprite carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium sodium benzoate (to protect taste). citrate, 100% natural flavors no cherry 20 floz amco proof of purchase 2021-00590
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.