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Shasta, Shasta BeveragesBeverages · 0042200003276

Shasta, caffeine free soda, orange

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 3 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 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sunset yellow FCFHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Carbonated water53.8%No flag›
  • High fructose corn syrup23.1%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E33011.5%No flag
  • Gum acacia · E4145.8%No flag
  • Potassium benzoate · E2122.9%No flag
  • Preservative2.9%No flag
  • Natural flavouring1.4%No flag
  • Glyceryl abietate · E4450.7%No flag
  • Yellow 6 · E1100.4%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Vitamin c0.2%No flag›
  • Ascorbic acid · E3000.2%No flag
  • Calcium disodium edta · E385<0.1%No flag
  • Brominated vegetable oil · E443<0.1%No flag
  • Sucralose · E955<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Red 40 · E129<0.1%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

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Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, gum acacia, potassium benzoate (preservative) natural flavor, glyceryl abietate, yellow 6, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), calcium disodium edta, brominated vegetable oil, sucralose, red 40.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 moderate · 2 low

  1. 02Carbonated WaterLow concern

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