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PepsiBeverages And Beverages Preparations · 5741000231821

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

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 4 Dec 2025

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sulphite ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class IV (cola colour); may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI).
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class IV (cola colour); may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI).
    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

  • Water83.9%No flag›
  • Sugar2.3%No flag›
  • Kuldioxid · E2902.3%No flag
  • Colour2.3%No flag
  • E150d2.3%Moderate

    Caramel colour class IV (cola colour); may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI).

  • Flavouring2.3%No flag
  • Herunder koffein2.3%No flag
  • Sorrel or acid2.3%No flag
  • E3382.3%Low

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

  • Sweetener2.3%No flag
  • Acesulfam-K · E9501.2%Low

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

  • Sucralose · E9551.2%Moderate

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

  • 250 ml¹ *%2.3%No flag
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Vand, sukker, kuldioxid, farvestof (E150d), aroma (herunder koffein), syre (E338), sødestoffer (acesulfam-K, sucralose). 250 ml¹ *%

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sulphite ammonia caramelCaramel colour class IV (cola colour); may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI).
  • 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

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