Strawberry Candy Energy Drink by Gorilla Mind · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingStrawberry Candy Energy Drink
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 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 (19)
- Carbonated filtered water50%—
- Natural flavors25%—
- Citric acid12.5%—
- Malic acid6.25%—
- Potassium citrate3.125%—
- Sucralose1.5625%⚠ moderate
- Caffeine anhydrous0.78125%—›
- L-tyrosine0.390625%—›
- Alpha-gpc0.390625%—
- L-theanine—›
- Ascorbic acid—
- Potassium sorbate—
- Sodium benzoate⚠ moderate
- Calcium d-pantothenate—›
- Niacinamide—
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride—›
- Methylcobalamin—›
- Saffron—
- Huperzine a—›
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carbonated filtered water, natural flavors, citric acid, malic acid, potassium citrate, sucralose, caffeine anhydrous, l-tyrosine, alpha-gpc 50%, l-theanine, ascorbic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium d-pantothenate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, methylcobalamin, saffron extract, huperzine a
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.