Food · Crush
Grape Soda
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Good nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 ml
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Better than most of Drinks — 51 of 88 sit at or below this number.
Council note
Amaranth is a high-concern extra. That is enough to keep this off an everyday list.
Watch-outs
High-concern extra
Amaranth
Artificial colours
Amaranth, Brilliant blue FCF
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- The nutrition box sets a limit
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A high-concern extra blocks a Good rating
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Good
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
4 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition good
- Nutrition quality78/100
- Ingredients38/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
The extras on the list set the limit. A high-concern ingredient, or a cluster of them, blocks a better rating.
What pulled it down
The nutrition box sets a limit
The nutrition box is decent, but it is not the whole story.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
A high-concern extra blocks a Good rating
A cluster of extras keeps this at Poor: a sometimes product, not a habit.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Glucose-fructose syrup
-6Metabolic load similar to sugar. Scored via the nutrition panel.
Sodium benzoate
-14Can form benzene with ascorbic acid. Hyperactivity concern with azo dyes.
Amaranth
-28Azo dye. Banned in the US; we treat it as high concern.
Brilliant blue FCF
-14Synthetic dye. Hyperactivity concern in sensitive children when stacked with other azo colours.
What held it up
A decent nutrition box
No meaningful sugar. Decent, not a keep on its own.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 ml
| Energy | 0 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 0 gLow No added sweetness to speak of. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 0 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Carbonated water, Sugars (sugar/glucose-fructose), Citric acid, Natural and artificial flavour, Sodium benzoate, Amaranth, Brilliant blue FCF
AmaranthE123
−28Azo dye. Banned in the US; we treat it as high concern.
Sodium benzoateE211
−14Can form benzene with vitamin C in some beverages. Also tied to restlessness when paired with dyes.
Brilliant blue FCFE133
−14Synthetic dye. Hyperactivity concern in sensitive children when stacked with other azo colours.
Glucose-fructose syrup
−6Your body treats it much like sugar. The nutrition box already counts it.
Citric acidE330
No concernNo health concern at usual levels.
- Also on the pack: Carbonated water, Natural and artificial flavour
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