Tesco sore throat relief by Tesco · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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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 healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Ponceau 4RSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- Brilliant black BNAzo dye; restricted/banned in several countries.
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
Critical
- 1no nutri-score — nutrition contributes the lowest band
- 2HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Ponceau 4R — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
- Brilliant black BN — Azo dye; restricted/banned in several countries.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (8)
- Each lozenge contains56.25%—
- Amylmetacresol31.25%—›
- Also contains25%—
- Sucrose21.875%—›
- Glucose10.9375%—›
- Tartaric acid5.46875%—
- Menthol2.734375%—›
- Blackcurrant flavour1.3671875%—
- Brilliant black0.68359375%—›
- E1510.68359375%⚠ moderate
- Ponceau 4r0.68359375%⚠ high
- E1240.68359375%⚠ high
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each lozenge contains: amylmetacresol 0.6mg. also contains: sucrose*, liquid glucose*, tartaric acid, menthol, blackcurrant flavour, brilliant black (e151)*, ponceau 4r (e124)*.
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis 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. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.