Monster hydrosport by Monster · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingMonster hydrosport
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
- 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 (14)
- PURIFIED WATER53.35142857142857%—
- ACIDS23.359285714285715%—›
- CITRIC ACID11.679642857142857%—
- TARTARIC ACID11.679642857142857%—
- ACIDITY REGULATOR11.679642857142856%—
- SODIUM CITRATE11.679642857142856%—›
- ELECTROLYTES5.83982142857143%—
- MAGNESIUM CITRATE2.919910714285715%—
- POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE1.4599553571428574%—
- CALCIUM LACTATE1.4599553571428574%—
- FLAVOURINGS2.535%—
- BCAA0.07%—›
- L-LEUCINE0.035%—
- L-ISOLEUCINE0.0175%—›
- L-VALINE0.0175%—›
- PRESERVATIVES0.05%—
- POTASSIUM SORBATE0.025%—
- SODIUM BENZOATE0.025%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM CHLORIDE0.05%—›
- NATURAL CAFFEINE0.03%—
- SWEETENERS0.015%—
- SUCRALOSE0.0075%⚠ moderate
- ACESULFAME K0.0075%⚠ low
- Vitamins0.015%—›
- Vitamin B30.015%—
- Vitamin B60.015%—›
- INOSITOL2.9748214285714454%—›
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PURIFIED WATER, ACIDS (CITRIC ACID, TARTARIC ACID), ACIDITY REGULATOR (SODIUM CITRATE), ELECTROLYTES (MAGNESIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM LACTATE), FLAVOURINGS, BCAA (0.07%) (L-LEUCINE, L-ISOLEUCINE, L-VALINE). PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), SODIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL CAFFEINE (0.03%), SWEETENERS (SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME K), VITAMINS (B3, B6), INOSITOL.
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.