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 Focused on sensitive skin. Prioritize formulas that stay predictable for easily reactive skin.
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 sensitive skin 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. Prioritize formulas that stay predictable for easily reactive skin.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
