Mountain Dew by Mountain Dew · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Mountain Dew MDMountain Dew
VerdictConsider avoidingMountain Dew
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
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final 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 WATER53.84615384615385%—›
- HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP23.076923076923077%—›
- CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE11.53846153846154%—
- CITRIC ACID5.769230769230774%—
- NATURAL FLAVOR2.5%—
- SODIUM BENZOATE1.6346153846153868%⚠ moderate
- PRESERVES FRESHNES1.6346153846153868%—
- CAFFEINE0.8173076923076934%—›
- SODIUM CITRATE0.4086538461538467%—›
- GUM ARABIC0.2043269230769198%—
- ERYTHORBIC ACID0.1021634615384599%—
- PRESERVES FRESHNESS0.1021634615384599%—
- CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA0.0510817307692264%—
- TO PROTECT FLAVOR0.0255408653846132%—
- YELLOW 50.0255408653846132%⚠ high
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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 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.