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Usa Beverage Inc.Beverages · 0071573123984

Pennsylvania Dutch, Birch Beer Soda, Diet

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 4 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

Ingredients

  • Contains55.6%No flag
  • Carbonated water55.6%No flag
  • Caramel color · E150a22.2%No flag
  • Aspartame · E95111.1%Moderate

    Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

  • Sodium benzoate · E2115.6%Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • Preservative5.6%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3302.8%No flag
  • Salt<0.1%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Gum acacia · E414<0.1%No flag
  • And red #40 · E1292.7%High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

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Contains: carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, salt, natural and artificial flavor, gum acacia, and red #40.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • 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.
  • AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

Chemical identity has not been assessed for this ingredient yet.

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