Energy Gel by Advanced Food Concepts Inc. · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
Advanced Food Concepts Inc. AFAdvanced Food Concepts Inc.
VerdictConsider avoidingEnergy Gel
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- 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 healthCritical
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- 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 (15)
- Maltodextrin53.3333333333333%—›
- Water23.3333333333333%—›
- Fructose11.6666666666667%—›
- Leucine5.83333333333333%—
- Citric acid2.91666666666666%—
- Sodium citrate1.45833333333333%—›
- Potassium citrate0.729166666666664%—
- Calcium carbonate0.364583333333329%—
- Valine sea salt0.182291666666664%—
- Gellan gum0.0911458333333286%—
- Isoleucine0.0455729166666643%—›
- Sunflower oil0.0227864583333286%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.0113932291666643%⚠ moderate
- Preservative0.0113932291666643%—
- Potassium sorbate0.0056966145833286%—
- Preservative0.0056966145833286%—
- Natural flavor0.0056966145833286%—
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Maltodextrin, water, fructose, leucine, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, calcium carbonate, valine sea salt, gellan gum, isoleucine, sunflower oil, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), natural flavor.
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.