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Ribena Blackcurrant Light Bottle
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Aspartame).
- High
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 13 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
AspartameModerate concernSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Blackcurrant Juice from Concentrate7%No flag
- Malic Acid · E2961.8%No flag
- Citric Acid · E3301.8%No flag
- Acidity Regulators3.5%No flag
- Calcium Hydroxide · E5261.8%No flag
- Calcium Carbonate · E170i1.8%No flag
- Sweeteners3.5%No flag
- Aspartame · E9511.8%Moderate
Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
- Acesulfame K · E9501.8%Low
Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
- Stabiliser3.5%No flag
- Xanthan Gum · E4153.5%No flag
- Flavouring2.5%No flag
- Colour2.5%No flag
- Anthocyanins · E1632.5%No flag
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Water, Blackcurrant Juice from Concentrate (7%), Acids (Malic Acid, Citric Acid), Acidity Regulators (Calcium Hydroxide, Calcium Carbonate), Vitamin C, Sweeteners (Aspartame, Acesulfame K), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Flavouring, Colour Anthocyanins). Contains a source of Phenylalanine.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- 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 of 3 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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