VerdictConsider avoiding
Zendium Tannkrem Kids 50ml
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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 phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- CarrageenanDegraded carrageenan, and in some animal/in-vitro studies food-grade carrageenan, are linked to intestinal inflammation; human evidence is limited and contested.
- 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.
How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.