Diet Pepsi

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 14 listed

• 1 Carbonated Water
  Water infused with carbon dioxide gas under pressure.
  Safe
• 2 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 3 Acid
  Generic umbrella label for unspecified food acidulants (e.g., citric, malic, lactic, phosphoric, tartaric).
  Low
• 4 Flavouring
  Umbrella term for one or more flavor compounds, natural or artificial, not individually disclosed.
  Low
• 5 Sweetener
  Generic umbrella term that does not identify the specific substance. Could be a nutritive sugar (sucrose, HFCS, glucose), a sugar alcohol (p…
  Low
• 6 Acidity Regulator
  Generic umbrella functional class for additives that adjust or maintain pH (acids, bases, buffer salts).
  Safe
• 7 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low
• 8 Sulphite Ammonia Caramel
  Sulphite ammonia caramel (Caramel Class IV / E150d), produced by heating carbohydrates in the presence of both ammonium and sulphite compoun…
  Moderate
• 9 Phosphoric Acid
  Phosphoric acid (E338, also FD&C food grade phosphoric acid) is a mineral acid (H3PO4). It is GRAS in the US under 21 CFR 182.1073 and liste…
  Moderate
• 10 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 11 Caffeine Flavour
  Caffeine used as a flavoring/bittering agent in foods and beverages.
  Low
• 12 Aspartame
  Synthetic high-intensity sweetener (~200x sweeter than sucrose) composed of L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester.
  Moderate
• 13 Acesulfame K
  Acesulfame potassium (Acesulfame K, E950) is a calorie-free synthetic high-intensity sweetener.
  Moderate
• 14 Potassium Sorbate
  Potassium salt of sorbic acid, a short-chain unsaturated fatty acid.
  Low