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Strepsils extra Black Cherry
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Strepsils extra Black Cherry

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Azorubine / carmoisine).

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 26 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Azorubine / carmoisineHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.
    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

  • Active ingredients58.3%No flag
  • Hexylresorcinol 2‚4 mg58.3%No flag
  • Menthol 4‚0 mg inactive ingredients20.8%No flag
  • Sucrose20.8%No flag›
  • Glucose10.4%No flag›
  • Propylene glycol · E4905.2%No flag
  • Flavouring2.5%No flag
  • Acid red 14 · E1222.7%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.

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active ingredients: hexylresorcinol 2,4 mg, menthol 4,0 mg inactive ingredients: sucrose, glucose, propylene glycol, aroma, acid red 14

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Azorubine / carmoisineSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children. Banned in the US.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low

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