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zzzquil

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 3 Jun 2024

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Why it's rated this way

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Diphenhydramine hci52.5%No flag
  • Sodium23.8%No flag›
  • Store at no greater than 25°c inactive ingredients alcohol11.9%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3305.9%No flag
  • Fd3%No flag
  • C blue no1.5%No flag
  • Fd0.4%No flag
  • C red no0.2%No flag
  • 40<0.1%No flag
  • Flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Glycerin · E422<0.1%No flag
  • Polysorbate 20 · E432<0.1%No flag
  • Saccharin sodium · E954Low

    Sweetener; historical bladder-tumour finding shown to be rat-specific and not relevant to humans.

  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

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

  • Sodium citrateNo flag›
  • Sorbitol · E420No flag
  • Sucralose · E955Moderate

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

  • WaterNo flag›
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
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diphenhydramine hci 50mg,sodium 23 mg • store at no greater than 25°c inactive ingredients alcohol, citric acid, fd,c blue no, 1, fd,c red no, 40, flavor, glycerin, polysorbate 20, saccharin sodium, sodium benzoate, sodium citrate, sorbitol, sucralose, water, xanthan gum

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

2 low · 1 not assessed

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