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Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon
Venom, PepsiBeverages · 0078000023756

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon

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 14 Feb 2022

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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

  • Carbonate water52.6%No flag
  • Corn syrup23.7%No flag›
  • Glucose11.8%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3305.9%No flag
  • Maltodextrin3%No flag›
  • Taurine1.5%No flag›
  • Sodium citrate0.7%No flag›
  • L-carnitine0.4%No flag›
  • Inositol0.2%No flag›
  • Caffeine<0.1%No flag›
  • Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate

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

  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202<0.1%No flag
  • Preservative<0.1%No flag
  • Niacinamide · E375<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamin b3 · E375<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavors sucraloseNo flag
  • Red 40 · E129High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • GinsengNo flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin b6No flag›
  • Guarana extract riboflavinNo flag
  • Vitamin b2 · E101No flag
  • CyanocobalaminNo flag›
  • Vitamin bNo flag›
  • 12No flag
  • Sucralose (E955)Moderate

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

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Carbonate water, corn syrup, glucose, citric acid, maltodextrin, taurine, sodium citrate, l-carnitine, inositol, caffeine,sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative),niacinamide (vitamin b3),natural flavors sucralose, red 40, ginseng extract, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), guarana extract riboflavin (vitamin b2), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b,12).

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • 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.

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