DIET MOUNTAIN DEW by Mountain Dew · Greenveil
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Mountain Dew MD Mountain Dew
Verdict Consider avoidingDIET MOUNTAIN DEW
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Focused on sensitive skin. Prioritize formulas that stay predictable for easily reactive skin.
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. 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. Why this band?
How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health band Food health Critical
1 nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score 2 HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high" 3 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 4 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. 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 (16) Carbonated water 53.125% — › Concentrated orange juice 23.4375% — Citric acid 11.71875% — Natural flavor 2.5% — Potassium benzoate 2.5% — Preserves freshness 2.5% — Citrus pectin 2.5% — › Aspartame 2.109375% ⚠ moderate Potassium citrate 1.0546875% — Caffeine 0.52734375% — › Sodium citrate 0.263671875% — › Acesulfame potassium 0.1318359375% ⚠ low Sucralose 0.06591796875% ⚠ moderate Gum Arabic 0.032958984375% — Sodium Benzoate 0.0164794921875% ⚠ moderate Preserves freshness 0.0164794921875% — Calcium disodium EDTA 0.00823974609375% — To protect flavor 0.00823974609375% — Yellow 5 0.00823974609375% ⚠ high Show original Carbonated water, concentrated orange juice, citric acid, natural flavor, potassium benzoate (preserves freshness), citrus pectin, aspartame, potassium citrate, caffeine, sodium citrate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, gum Arabic, sodium Benzoate (preserves freshness), calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor), yellow 5.
Decision read
Probably skip for sensitive skin 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. Prioritize formulas that stay predictable for easily reactive skin.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
