Mountain Dew by Mountain Dew · Greenveil
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Verdict Consider avoidingMountain Dew
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Focused on fragrance avoidance. Stay focused on formulas that avoid fragrance-linked cues.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health Critical ⚠ Contains additive of concern 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. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Critical
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
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) CARBONATED WATER 53.84615384615385% — › HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP 23.076923076923077% — › CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE 11.53846153846154% — CITRIC ACID 5.769230769230774% — NATURAL FLAVOR 2.5% — SODIUM BENZOATE 1.6346153846153868% ⚠ moderate PRESERVES FRESHNES 1.6346153846153868% — CAFFEINE 0.8173076923076934% — › SODIUM CITRATE 0.4086538461538467% — › GUM ARABIC 0.2043269230769198% — ERYTHORBIC ACID 0.1021634615384599% — PRESERVES FRESHNESS 0.1021634615384599% — CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA 0.0510817307692264% — TO PROTECT FLAVOR 0.0255408653846132% — YELLOW 5 0.0255408653846132% ⚠ high Show original CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNES), CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, GUM ARABIC, ERYTHORBIC ACID (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR, YELLOW 5.
Decision read
Probably skip for fragrance avoidance 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. Stay focused on formulas that avoid fragrance-linked cues.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
