Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar by Coca-Cola · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingCoca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar
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.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some 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
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ammonia caramel — Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Sucralose — Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- Phosphoric acid — Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (14)
- CARBONATED WATER53.84615384615385%—›
- LESS THAN 2% OF23.076923076923077%—
- CARAMEL COLOR23.076923076923077%—
- NATURAL FLAVORS2.5%—
- PHOSPHORIC ACID2.5%⚠ low
- ASPARTAME2.5%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM2.5%—›
- BENZOATE2.5%—›
- TO PROTECT TASTE2.5%—
- SODIUM CITRATE2.5%—›
- ACESULFAME2.5%—›
- POTASSIUM2.5%—›
- SUCRALOSE1.53846153846154%⚠ moderate
- CAFFEINE0.7692307692307736%—›
- PHENYLALANINE0.7692307692307736%—›
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ moderate
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CARBONATED WATER, LESS THAN 2% OF: CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS, PHOSPHORIC ACID, ASPARTAME, SODIUM, BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), SODIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME, POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, CAFFEINE, PHENYLALANINE
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.