Sour Watermelon by Ghost · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingSour Watermelon
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.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Food healthHigh
- 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.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17)
- Carbonated water52.94117647058823%—›
- Citric acid23.529411764705884%—
- Taurine11.764705882352942%—›
- Malic acid5.882352941176471%—
- Natural and artificial flavour2.5%—
- Tartaric acid1.691176470588232%—
- Natural caffeine0.845588235294116%—
- Coffee bean0.845588235294116%—›
- Sodium benzoate0.422794117647058%⚠ moderate
- Potassium sorbate0.211397058823529%—
- Sucralose0.10569852941176805%⚠ moderate
- Sodium ascorbate0.052849264705884025%—
- Acesulfame potassium0.026424632352942012%⚠ low
- Neurofactor coffee0.013212316176471006%—
- Coffea arabica0.013212316176471006%—
- Fruit extract0.00660615808823195%—
- Niacinamide0.003303079044115975%—
- Pyridoxal-5-phosphate0.0016515395220579876%—›
- Methylcobalamin0.0016515395220579876%—›
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Carbonated water, Citric acid, Taurine, Malic acid, Natural and artificial flavour, Tartaric acid, Natural caffeine (coffee bean), Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate, Sucralose, Sodium ascorbate, Acesulfame potassium, Neurofactor coffee (coffea 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.