Kool-Aid Liquid by Kool-Aid · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingKool-Aid Liquid
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; 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 bandFood healthCritical
- 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
- Allura red AC — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Sodium benzoate — Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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 (13)
- Water53.84615384615385%—›
- Malic acid23.076923076923077%—
- Citric acid11.53846153846154%—
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Acacia gum2.5%—
- Sucralose2.5%⚠ moderate
- Potassium citrate2.0192307692307736%—
- Acesulfame-potassium1.0096153846153868%⚠ low
- SAIB0.5048076923076934%—›
- Potassium sorbate0.2524038461538467%—
- Allura red0.1262019230769198%⚠ high
- Sodium benzoate0.0631009615384599%⚠ moderate
- Sodium citrate0.0631009615384528%—›
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Water, Malic acid, Citric acid, Natural and artificial flavour, Acacia gum, Sucralose, Potassium citrate, Acesulfame-potassium, SAIB, Potassium sorbate, Allura red, Sodium benzoate, Sodium citrate.
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