Cold And Flu Capsules by Lemsip · Greenveil
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Verdict Consider avoidingCold And Flu Capsules
Ingredients 0 Coverage 0/0 resolved Drivers No priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens Balanced for everyday use. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
Overview Ingredients Regulation Alternatives Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern Food health Critical ⚠ Contains additive of concern Quinoline yellow Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US. Titanium dioxide Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive. Erythrosine Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses. Patent blue V Synthetic dye; reports of allergic/anaphylactic-type reactions. Why this band? How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
Open Close Overall food-health band Food health Critical
1 no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band 2 HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high" 3 ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one 4 final band "critical" (health-blend-v1) Flagged additives
Quinoline yellow — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US. Titanium dioxide — Possible genotoxicity (DNA/chromosomal damage) could not be ruled out; no longer considered safe as a food additive. Erythrosine — Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses. Patent blue V — Synthetic dye; reports of allergic/anaphylactic-type reactions. blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (14) Paracetamol 53.57142857142857% — › Caffeine 23.214285714285715% — › Phenylephrine hydrochloride 11.607142857142861% — › Starch 5.803571428571431% — › Croscarmellose sodium 2.9017857142857153% — › Sodium lauril sulfate 1.4508928571428612% — Magnesium 198 stearate 0.7254464285714306% — Talc 0.3627232142857153% — Gelatin 0.1813616071428612% — Titanium dioxide 0.0906808035714306% ⚠ high E171 0.0906808035714306% ⚠ high Patent blue V 0.0453404017857153% ⚠ moderate E131 0.0453404017857153% ⚠ moderate Erythrosine 0.022670200892861203% ⚠ moderate E127 0.022670200892861203% ⚠ moderate Shellac 0.011335100446430602% — Quinoline yellow 0.011335100446430602% ⚠ high E104 0.011335100446430602% ⚠ high Show original paracetamol 500mg, caffeine 25mg and phenylephrine hydrochloride 6.1mg.
starch, croscarmellose sodium, sodium lauril sulfate, magnesium 198 stearate, sterilised talc, gelatin, titanium dioxide (E171), patent blue V (E131), erythrosine (E127), shellac and quinoline yellow (E104)
Decision read
Probably skip for everyday use This read is based on the product's overall critical 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. A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
