Orange Liquid Drink Mix by Tang · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingOrange Liquid Drink Mix
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.
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton 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.
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
- Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCF — 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.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (11)
- Water54.54545454545455%—›
- Citric acid22.727272727272727%—
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Sodium citrate2.5%—›
- Sucralose2.5%⚠ moderate
- Acacia gum2.5%—
- SAIB2.5%—›
- Sunset yellow FCF2.5%⚠ high
- Tartrazine2.5%⚠ high
- Potassium Sorbate2.5%—
- Sodium benzoate2.7272727272727195%⚠ moderate
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Water, Citric acid, Natural and artificial flavour, Sodium citrate, Sucralose, Acacia gum, SAIB, Sunset yellow FCF, Tartrazine, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium benzoate.
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.