Diet Mountain Lightning by Diet Citrus Soda Mountain Lightning · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Diet Citrus Soda Mountain Lightning DCDiet Citrus Soda Mountain Lightning
VerdictConsider avoidingDiet Mountain Lightning
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- 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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Overall food-health bandFood 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
- Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (15)
- Carbonated53.3333333333333%—
- Water23.3333333333333%—›
- Citric acid11.6666666666667%—
- Natural flavor2.5%—
- Gum acacia2.5%—
- Potassium benzoate2.5%—
- Preservative2.5%—
- Pectin2.08333333333333%—
- Orange juice1.04166666666666%—›
- Potassium0.520833333333329%—›
- Citrate0.260416666666664%—›
- Aspartame0.130208333333329%⚠ moderate
- Caffeine0.0651041666666643%—›
- Acesulfame potassium0.0325520833333286%⚠ low
- Sucralose0.0162760416666643%⚠ moderate
- Yellow 50.0162760416666572%⚠ high
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Carbonated, water, citric acid, natural flavor, gum acacia, potassium benzoate (preservative), Pectin, orange juice concentrate, potassium, citrate, aspartame, caffeine, acesulfame potassium, Sucralose, yellow 5
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