A&W Root Beer by A&W · Greenveil
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Verdict Consider avoidingA&W Root Beer
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health Critical ⚠ Contains additive of concern Sodium benzoate Preservative; 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.
Open Close Overall food-health band Food health Critical
Additives Moderate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
1 nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score 2 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 3 final 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. Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (7) Carbonated Water 57.142857142857146% — › Sugar 21.428571428571427% — › Glucose-fructose 10.714285714285715% — Caramel 5.357142857142861% — Sodium benzoate 2.6785714285714306% ⚠ moderate Natural and artificial flavour 1.3392857142857153% — Saponin 1.3392857142857224% — › Show original Carbonated Water, Sugar/glucose-fructose, Caramel, Sodium benzoate, Natural and artificial flavour, Saponin.
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This 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. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
