Energy Drink by Ghost · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingEnergy Drink
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
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
- 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.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (19)
- CARBONATED WATER52.631578947368425%—›
- CITRIC ACID23.684210526315788%—
- NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR2.5%—
- L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE2.5%—›
- TAURINE2.5%—›
- CAFFEINE2.5%—›
- SUCRALOSE2.5%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM BENZOATE2.5%⚠ moderate
- PRESERVATIVE2.5%—
- POTASSIUM SORBATE2.5%—
- PRESERVATIVE2.5%—
- ALPHA-GLYCERYL PHOSPHORYL CHOLINE2.5%—
- ACESULFAME POTASSIUM1.8421052631578902%⚠ low
- ASCORBIC ACID0.9210526315789451%—
- COFFEE0.46052631578947256%—›
- COFFEA ARABICA0.46052631578947256%—
- FRUIT EXTRACT0.23026315789473983%—
- NIACINAMIDE0.11513157894736992%—
- ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS ROOT EXTRACT0.05756578947368496%—›
- PANAX NOTOGINSENG ROOT EXTRACT0.02878289473684248%—›
- PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE0.014391447368424792%—›
- METHYLCOBALAMIN0.014391447368424792%—›
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CARBONATED WATER, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE, TAURINE, CAFFEINE, SUCRALOSE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALPHA-GLYCERYL PHOSPHORYL CHOLINE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, ASCORBIC ACID, COFFEE (COFFEA ARABICA) FRUIT EXTRACT, NIACINAMIDE, ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS ROOT EXTRACT, PANAX NOTOGINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE, METHYLCOBALAMIN
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