GREENVEIL

⌘K
DiscoverIngredientsGuides
ScanSign in

1,150,000 products scored · 21,000 ingredients mapped

Safety guidesIngredientsPrivacy
Saving recent analysis
  1. Products
  2. Beverages
  3. Barrs Irn Bru 2ltr
Barrs Irn Bru 2ltr
Barr, Irn-Bru·Beverages · 50107827

Barrs Irn Bru 2ltr

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed
Save to favoritesFind alternatives
  • Carbonated water85.9%—›
  • Sugar2.4%—›
  • Acid2.4%—›
  • E3302.4%—
  • Flavourings2.4%—
  • Caffeine flavour1.2%—
  • E3810.6%—
  • Quinine0.6%—›
  • Sweeteners2.4%—
  • E9511.2%⚠ Moderate
  • E9501.2%⚠ Low
  • Preservative2.4%—
  • E2112.4%⚠ Moderate
  • Colours2.4%—
  • E1101.2%⚠ High
  • E1241.2%⚠ High
Show original label text

Carbonated water, sugar, acid (citric acid), flavourings (including caffeine, ammonium ferric citrate & quinine), sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame K), preservative (E211), colours (sunset yellow, ponceau 4R).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

⚠Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Ponceau 4RSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
  • Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

  1. 01CARBONATED WATERHydrationNot assessed
  2. 02SUGARCompoundNot assessed
  3. 03ACONITIC ACID, (E)-ActiveNot assessed

No evidence records are attached to this product yet.

No regulatory documentation is attached to this product yet.
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.

Discover

Related products

Trust & sources

Where this product data comes from

How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.

Image cache

Greenveil proxy cache

Asset write on fetch

Ingredient content

Normalized label parsed

7 items

Through your lens

Everyday use

A balanced day-to-day read across overall concern and fit.

Change lens

Recent scans

See all

Products you open appear here on this device.

Saved

Save products to build your kit.