Super Orange Flavored Fizzy Drink Mix

How it scored 70 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 16 listed

• 1 Fructose
  A monosaccharide sugar naturally found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables; also produced industrially.
  Moderate
• 2 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 3 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 4 Malic Acid
  Malic acid (E296) is a dicarboxylic acid found naturally in fruits, especially apples.
  Low
• 5 Beta-Carotene
  Beta-carotene, an orange-yellow carotenoid pigment that is a vitamin A precursor, sourced from plants (carrots, palm fruit, algae) or made s…
  Low
• 6 Glycine
  Glycine is a non-essential amino acid (E640) used as a flavor enhancer and nutrient in food.
  Low
• 7 Aspartic Acid
  A non-essential proteinogenic amino acid (L-aspartic acid).
  Low
• 8 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 9 Orange Juice
  Juice expressed from oranges (Citrus sinensis), pasteurized; may be from concentrate or not from concentrate.
  Low
• 10 Orange Essential Oil
  Essential oil cold-pressed from orange peel (Citrus sinensis).
  Safe
• 11 Silicon Dioxide
  Silicon dioxide (silica, E551) is a synthetic amorphous silica.
  Low
• 12 L(+)-Tartaric Acid
  L(+)-Tartaric Acid — a naturally occurring dicarboxylic acid found abundantly in grapes; used as a food additive.
  Low
• 13 Tocopherol-Rich Extract
  Tocopherol-rich extract — a natural extract of mixed tocopherols (vitamin E forms) from vegetable oils, used as a natural antioxidant.
  Low
• 14 Acacia Gum
  Dried sap of the Acacia tree (Acacia senegal/seyal); a complex polysaccharide also called gum arabic.
  Low
• 15 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 16 Flavouring
  Umbrella term for one or more flavor compounds, natural or artificial, not individually disclosed.
  Low