A&W Root Beer Zero Sugar by A&W · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingA&W Root Beer 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- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Food health
High
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final 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.
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (8)
- Carbonated water56.25%—›
- Caramel21.875%—
- Sodium benzoate10.9375%⚠ moderate
- Aspartame5.46875%⚠ moderate
- Phenylalanine5.46875%—›
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Sodium citrate1.484375%—›
- Malic acid0.7421875%—
- Saponin0.7421875%—›
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Carbonated water, Caramel, Sodium benzoate, Aspartame (phenylalanine), Natural and artificial flavour, Sodium citrate, Malic acid, Saponin
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.