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Root beer
Root beer (Beverages). Greenveil's read: consider avoiding (food-health band "high"). 4 additives of concern.
VerdictConsider avoiding
Food health
High
- Contains85%—
- Carbonated water85%—
- Natural and artificial flavouring2.5%—
- E150a2.5%—
- E2112.5%⚠ Moderate
- Preservative2.5%—
- E4142.5%—
- E9552.5%⚠ Moderate
- E3382.5%⚠ Low
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)⚠ Moderate
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Contains: carbonated water, natural and artificial flavor, caramel color, sodium benzoate (preservative), gum arabic, sucralose, phosphoric acid.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
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