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Guava Juice
Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0846656003626

Guava Juice

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 11 Feb 2022

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity 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.
  2. Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    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

  • Water50%No flag›
  • Guava20%No flag›
  • Sugar6.5%No flag›
  • Stabiliser6.5%No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E4156.5%No flag
  • E4156.5%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3306.5%No flag
  • E3306.5%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3005.3%No flag
  • E3005.3%No flag
  • Preservative2.6%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2112.6%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • E2112.6%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Sodium metabisulphite · E2231.3%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • E2231.3%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • Natural food color1.3%No flag
  • Canthaxanthin e161g1.3%No flag
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Water, guava pulp (20%), sugar, stabilizer: xanthan gum (e-415), citric acid (e-330), ascorbic acid (e-300), preservative: sodium benzoate (e-211) & sodium metabisulphite (e-223), natural food color (canthaxanthin e-161g)

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 low · 1 not assessed

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