Smooth Texture Fibre Laxative by Life Brand · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Life Brand LBLife Brand
VerdictConsider avoidingSmooth Texture Fibre Laxative
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- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Food healthCritical
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Sunset yellow FCF — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (15)
- Plantago ovata53.333333333333336%—›
- Psyllium28.333333333333336%—›
- Seed husks25%—
- Acesulfame Potassium23.333333333333332%⚠ low
- Amaranth11.666666666666664%—
- Aspartame5.833333333333329%⚠ moderate
- Citric Acid2.9166666666666643%—
- FD&C Blue No1.4583333333333286%—
- 10.7291666666666643%—
- FD&C Red No0.3645833333333286%—
- 400.1822916666666643%—
- Malic Acid0.0911458333333286%—
- Maltodextrin0.0455729166666643%—›
- Mixed Berry Flavour0.022786458333328596%—
- Sorbitol0.011393229166664298%—
- Sunset Yellow0.005696614583328596%⚠ high
- Phenylalanine0.005696614583328596%—›
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Plantago ovata (psyllium, seed husks), Acesulfame Potassium, Amaranth, Aspartame, Citric Acid, FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Red No. 40, Malic Acid, Maltodextrin, Mixed Berry Flavour, Sorbitol, Sunset Yellow, phenylalanine.
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.