Alamo Red, Margarita Mix by Consolidated Mills Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Consolidated Mills Inc. CMConsolidated Mills Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingAlamo Red, Margarita Mix
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- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; 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.
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Food health
Critical
- 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.
- 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 (13)
- Water53.84615384615385%—›
- High fructose corn syrup23.076923076923077%—›
- Natural flavor2.5%—
- Grapefruit juice2.5%—›
- Citric acid2.5%—
- Lime juice2.5%—›
- Lemon juice2.5%—›
- Sodium benzoate2.5%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate2.5%—
- Polysorbate 602.5%—
- Fd&c yellow #51.53846153846154%⚠ high
- Clouding agent0.7692307692307736%—
- Titanium0.7692307692307736%—›
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Water, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavor, grapefruit juice (from concentrate), citric acid, lime juice (from concentrate), lemon juice (from concentrate), sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, polysorbate 60, fd&c yellow #5, clouding agent (titanium
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.