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VerdictConsider avoidingMAGALIES
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.
- Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- CyclamateSweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.
- Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- SaccharinSweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
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 healthHigh
- 1nutrition base band "minor" from nutri-score
- 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.
- Sodium metabisulphite — Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- Cyclamate — Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour findings in animals.
- Annatto / bixin / norbixin — Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
- Acesulfame K — Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- Saccharin — Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
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Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (19)
- Water42.5%—›
- Orange35%—›
- Naartjie Concentrate15%—
- Sucrose1.8%—›
- Citric Acid1.8%—
- E3301.8%—
- Stabilizers1.8%—
- E4120.9%—
- E4400.9%—
- Flavouring1.0500000000000043%—
- Preservatives0.5250000000000057%—
- Sodium Benzoate0.5250000000000057%⚠ moderate
- E2110.5250000000000057%⚠ moderate
- Sodium Metabisulphite0.26250000000000284%⚠ moderate
- E2230.26250000000000284%⚠ moderate
- Potassium Sorbate0.13125000000000142%—
- E2020.13125000000000142%—
- Pimaricin0.06562499999999716%—›
- E2350.06562499999999716%—
- Non-Nutritive Sweeteners0.03281249999999858%—
- Sodium Saccharin0.016406250000002842%⚠ low
- E9540.016406250000002842%⚠ low
- Sodium Cyclamate0.008203125000001421%⚠ moderate
- E9520.008203125000001421%⚠ moderate
- Acesulfame K0.004101562499997158%⚠ low
- E9500.004101562499997158%⚠ low
- Antifoaming Agent0.002050781249998579%—›
- E905a0.002050781249998579%—
- Clouding Agent0.0010253906250028422%—
- Ascorbic Acid0.0005126953125014211%—
- E3000.0005126953125014211%—
- Colourant0.0005126953124943157%—
- E160b0.0005126953124943157%⚠ low
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Water, Orange Concentrate (35%), Naartjie Concentrate (15%), Sucrose, Citric Acid (E330), Stabilizers (E412, E440), Flavouring, Preservatives [Sodium Benzoate (E211), Sodium Metabisulphite (E223), Potassium Sorbate (E202), Pimaricin (E235)], Non-Nutritive Sweeteners (Sodium Saccharin (E954), Sodium Cyclamate (E952), Acesulfame K (E950)], Antifoaming Agent (E905a), Clouding Agent, Ascorbic Acid (E300), Colourant (E160b).
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.