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Ensure Clear nutrition drink
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Ensure Clear nutrition drink

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 additives of concern.

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2026

Why it's rated this way

4 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. SucraloseModerate concernSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  3. Phosphoric acidMinor concernAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  4. Acesulfame KMinor concernSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water51.9%No flag›
  • Corn maltodextrin24%No flag
  • Sugar3%No flag›
  • Whey protein isolate3%No flag
  • Natural flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Phosphoric acid · E3382.5%Low

    Acidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.

  • Malic acid · E2962.5%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3302.5%No flag
  • Acesulfame potassium · E9502.5%Low

    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

  • Red 40 · E1292.5%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Sucralose · E9551.5%Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • Ferrous sulfate0.7%No flag›
  • Zinc sulfate0.4%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.2%No flag
  • Calcium pantothenate<0.1%No flag›
  • Manganese sulfate<0.1%No flag›
  • Copper sulfate · E519<0.1%No flag
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride<0.1%No flag›
  • Thiamin hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • Chromium chlorideNo flag›
  • Potassium iodideNo flag›
  • Sodium selenateNo flag›
  • Sodium molybdateNo flag›
  • BiotinNo flag›
  • Vitamin B12No flag›
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WATER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, RED 40, SUCRALOSE, FERROUS SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, NIACINAMIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, COPPER SULFATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, SODIUM SELENATE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, BIOTIN, VITAMIN B12

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 8 Apr 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
  • Phosphoric acidAcidulant (colas); high total phosphate intake linked to bone-mineral and renal concerns in some studies.
  • Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

10 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 14 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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