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Focused on food use. Bias toward food-use coverage and published ingestible context.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthHigh⚠Contains additive of concern- 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 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
- 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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (6)
- Purified Water87.5%—
- Natural and Artificial Flavors2.5%—
- Sucralose2.5%⚠ moderate
- Potassium Sorbate2.5%—
- Sodium Benzoate2.5%⚠ moderate
- EDTA2.5%—›
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Purified Water, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Sucralose, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, EDTA
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