Polident · GreenveilSaving recent analysisPolident
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported 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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Overall food-health bandFood health
High
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2MODERATE-concern additive floors band at "moderate"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "high" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Brilliant blue FCF — Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported 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 (19)
- Sodium bicarbonate52.631578947368425%—
- Citric acid23.684210526315788%—
- Potassium monopersulfate11.84210526315789%—›
- Sodium carbonate peroxide5.921052631578945%—›
- Sodium carbonate2.9605263157894726%—
- Taed1.4802631578947398%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.7401315789473699%⚠ moderate
- Peg-1800.37006578947368496%—›
- Sodium lauryl sulfate0.18503289473684248%—
- Flavor0.09251644736842479%—
- Vp0.046258223684212396%—›
- Va copolymer0.02312911184210975%—
- Celluiose gum0.011564555921054875%—
- Blue 1 lake0.005782277960527438%⚠ moderate
- Fd0.002891138980260166%—
- C blue 2 questions and comments? call toll free 1-866-844-27960.001445569490130083%—
- Do not store above 25°c0.0007227847450650415%—
- 77f0.0007227847450650415%—
- Soaking only0.00036139237253252077%—
- In laboratory tests0.00036139237252541534%—
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sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, potassium monopersulfate, sodium carbonate peroxide, sodium carbonate, taed, sodium benzoate, peg-180, sodium lauryl sulfate, flavor, vp/va copolymer, celluiose gum, blue 1 lake, fd,c blue 2 questions or comments? call toll free 1-866-844-2796, do not store above 25°c (77f), *soaking only, in laboratory tests
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall high 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.
