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VerdictConsider avoidingCherry Limeade Zero Sugar Energy Drink
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Focused on child exposure. Keep higher-sensitivity and child-exposure concerns in view.
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
- 1nutrition base band "moderate" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final 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 (15)
- Carbonated water65%—›
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Citric acid2.5%—
- Malic acid2.5%—
- Taurine2.5%—›
- Sucralose2.5%⚠ moderate
- Natural caffeine2.5%—
- Coffee bean2.5%—›
- Sodium benzoate2.5%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate2.5%—
- Sodium ascorbate2.5%—
- NeuroFactor coffee2.5%—
- Coffea arabica2.5%—
- Fruit extract2.5%—
- Niacinamide2.5%—
- Pyridoxal-5-phosphate2.5%—›
- Methylcobalamin2.5%—›
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Carbonated water, Natural and artificial flavour, Citric acid, Malic acid, Taurine, Sucralose, Natural caffeine (coffee bean), Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate, Sodium ascorbate, NeuroFactor coffee (coffea arabica) fruit extract, Niacinamide, Pyridoxal-5-phosphate, Methylcobalamin.
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