Monster Energy by Monster · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingMonster Energy
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- Benzoic acidPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
- SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
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
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Benzoic acid — Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
- Sucralose — Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17)
- CARBONATED WATER57.404333333333334%—›
- SUCROSE GLUCOSE SYRUP21.497833333333332%—
- ACID10.74891666666667%—›
- CITRIC ACID10.74891666666667%—
- FLAVOURINGS TAURINE0.4%—
- ACIDITY REGULATOR0.24000000000000002%—
- SODIUM CITRATES0.24000000000000002%—
- PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT0.08%—›
- L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE0.04%—›
- PRESERVATIVES0.035%—
- SORBIC ACID0.0175%—
- BENZOIC ACID0.0175%⚠ moderate
- CAFFEINE0.03%—›
- COLOUR0.016%—
- ANTHOCYANINS0.016%—
- VITAMINS0.016%—›
- 830.008%—
- 86 820.004%—
- B120.004%—›
- SWEETENER0.016%—
- SUCRALOSE0.016%⚠ moderate
- SODIUM CHLORIDE0.016%—›
- D-GLUCURONOLACTONE0.016%—›
- GUARANA SEED EXTRACT0.002%—›
- INOSITOL0.001%—›
- MALTODEXTRI9.440916666666638%—
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CARBONATED WATER, SUCROSE GLUCOSE SYRUP, ACID (CITRIC ACID), FLAVOURINGS TAURINE (0.4%), ACIDITY REGULATOR (SODIUM CITRATES), PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT (0.08%) L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE (0.04%), PRESERVATIVES (SORBIC ACID, BENZOIC ACID), CAFFEINE (0.03%) COLOUR (ANTHOCYANINS), VITAMINS (83, 86 82, B12), SWEETENER (SUCRALOSE), SODIUM CHLORIDE, D-GLUCURONOLACTONE, GUARANA SEED EXTRACT (0.002%), INOSITOL, MALTODEXTRI
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.