Declared allergens
This product declares Sulphites.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Premium lemon juice
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 additives of concern.
- Critical
Allergens
- Sulphites
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- Lemon juice from concentrate11.5%No flag
- Lime juice from concentrate5.7%No flag
- Citric acid · E3302.9%No flag
- Natural flavouring0.7%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2110.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium metabisulfite · E223<0.1%Moderate
Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
- To preserve freshness<0.1%No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435<0.1%No flag
- Fd&c yellow #5 · E102<0.1%High
Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
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Water, high fructose corn syrup, lemon juice from concentrate, lime juice from concentrate, citric acid, sugar, natural flavors, sodium citrate, sodium benzoate and sodium metabisulfite (to preserve freshness - contains sulfites), polysorbate 60, fd&c yellow #5.
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Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- 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
- WaterLow concern
- High Fructose Corn SyrupLow concern
- SugarLow concern
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