Sour Green Apple Energy Drink by Ghost · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingSour Green Apple 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
- 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 (16)
- Carbonated water53.125%—›
- Malic acid23.4375%—
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Citric acid2.5%—
- Taurine2.5%—›
- Tartaric acid2.5%—
- Sucralose2.5%⚠ moderate
- Natural caffeine2.5%—
- Coffee bean2.5%—›
- Sodium benzoate2.5%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate2.5%—
- Sodium ascorbate1.71875%—
- NeuroFactor coffee0.859375%—
- Coffee arabica0.859375%—
- Fruit extract0.4296875%—
- Niacinamide0.21484375%—
- Pyridoxal-5-phosphate0.107421875%—›
- Methylcobalamin0.107421875%—›
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Carbonated water, Malic acid, Natural and artificial flavour, Citric acid, Taurine, Tartaric acid, Sucralose, Natural caffeine (coffee bean), Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate, Sodium ascorbate, NeuroFactor coffee (coffee arabica) fruit extract, Niacinamide, Pyridoxal-5-phosphate, Methylcobalamin.
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.