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Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- High
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 22 Feb 2025
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
SaccharinMinor concernSweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
- 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
- Citric acid · E33011.4%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E2115.7%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Preservative5.7%No flag
- Potassium sorbate · E2022.8%No flag
- Preservative2.8%No flag
- Natural flavouring1.4%No flag
- Sodium saccharin · E9540.7%Low
Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
- Gum arabic · E4140.4%No flag
- Glycerol ester of wood rosin · E4450.2%No flag
- FD&C yellow no<0.1%No flag
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WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM SACCHARIN, GUM ARABIC, GLYCEROL ESTER OF WOOD ROSIN, FD&C YELLOW NO. 6.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- SaccharinSweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- WaterLow concern
- High Fructose Corn SyrupLow concern
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