Beverage Preparations Roundup
We analyzed 1952 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 15)

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Nectar apricot
Ingredients: Water, apricot puree from concentrate, sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, ascorbic acid (preservative), beta carotene and carmine (color), sucralose.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Chai
Ingredients: Black Tea, Natural Chai, Cinnamon, Ginger Flavours, other Natural Flavours, Cardamom, Clove
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cherry mix
Ingredients: sugar, fructose, citric acid, contains less than 2% of ascorbic acid (vitamin c), artificial flavor, calcium phosphate, artificial color, red 40, bht (preserves freshness),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Butter & herb mashed potatoes
Ingredients: Idaho potatoes, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), corn syrup solids, salt, whey powder, sugar, nonfat dry milk, sodium caseinate, spice, dehydrated onion, butter powder [butter (sweet cream, salt, annatto color), nonfat milk solids, sodium caseinate and disodium phosphate], mono and diglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, parsley flakes, natural and artificial flavor (milk, soy), sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), dipotassium phosphate, artificial color, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed tocopherols (preserve freshness) and not more than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Guava Passion Fruit Plant-Based Energy Drink
Ingredients: sparkling water, organic tapioca syrup, organic cane sugar, organic gum acacia, organic acid, organic passion fruit flavor, citric acid, organic caffeine (from green coffee or green tea)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Breathe Easy Herbal Tea
Ingredients: Organic fennel fruit, Organic licorice root, Organic eucalyptus leaf, Organic peppermint leaf, Organic ginger rhizome, Bi Yan Pian dry aqueous extract 8:1* (Xanthium fruit, Magnolia flower, Saposhnikovia root, Schisandra fruit, Fragrant angelica root, Schizonepeta herb, Forsythia fruit, Wild chrysanthemum flower, Platycodon root, Anemarrhena rhizome, Chinese licorice root)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Ultima Replenisher Pink Lemonade
Ingredients: citric acid, magnesium citrate, potassium phosphate, natural lemon and natural raspberry flavors, potassium aspartate, salt (sodium chloride), calcium ascorbate, calcium citrate, rebaudioside a (organic stevia leaf extract), calcium lactate, color blend (beet juice and annatto extract), zinc citrate, manganese citrate, cherry juice powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hydration Multiplier Electrolyte Drink Mix Lemon Lime
Ingredients: Beet sugar, dextrose, citric acid, salt, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, natural flavors, dipotassium phosphate, silicon dioxide [anticaking agent], rebaudioside-a [stevia leaf extract], ascorbic acid [vitamin c], niacinamide [vitamin b3], d-calcium pantothenate [vitamin b5], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin b6], cyanocobalamin [vitamin b12]
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Grape Propel Electrolyte Water
Ingredients: Water, citric acid, sodium hexametaphosphate, natural flavor, salt, potassium sorbate, potassium citrate, acesulfame potassium, calcium disodium EDTA, calcium pantothenate, niacinamide, vitamin E acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BIG GAME ENERGY COTTON CANDY
Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Malic Acid, Taurine, Sucralose, Caffeine Anhydrous (150mg), Sodium Benzoate, N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine, Acesulfame Potassium, Organic Carrot Powder, AlphaSize Alpha GPC 50%, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCI), Lutein, Zeaxanthin, Huperzine A, Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Ginger Lemon Flavored Probiotic Sparkling Beverage
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER (WATER, CARBON DIOXIDE), APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, GINGER JUICE, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (ACIDULANT), PROBIOTIC CULTURE (BACILLUS COAGULANS)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hard Seltzer
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, ALCOHOL, NATURAL FLAVORS, CANE SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, SODIUM CITRATE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk
Ingredients: ULTRAFILTERED SKIM MILK, MILK, LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WAIER), FRUCTOSE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALI, GELLAN GUM, LACTASE ENLYME, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Southern Sweet
Ingredients: tea, water, ryl sweetener, allulose, stevia leaf extract, steviol glycosides, monk fruit extract, natural flavors, ascorbic acid, citric acid
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Probiotic Kombucha ZERO SUGAR
Ingredients: ORGANIC RAW CARBONATED KOMBUCHA (FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC GREEN TEA, ORGANIC BLACK TEA, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, LIVE KOMBUCHA CULTURES), ALLULOSE SYRUP MONK FRU ORGANIC AND NATURAL FLAVORS, BACILLUS SUBTILIS DE (PROBIOTIC), VITAMIN B12 HUMM KOMBUCHA, LLC BEND, OR 97701 CERTIFIED ORGANIC BY OREGON TILTH MADE WITH ORGANIC KOMBUCHA SUGAR IS ELIMINATED DURING FERMENTATION AT THE TIME OF CANNING CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.5% ALCOHOL
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients: Potatoes, Milk, Cultured Butter (Cream [Milk], Lactic Acid Starter Culture), Salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Gold Lotus
Ingredients: Purified water, allulose*, citric acid, sodium citrate, natural flavors, Lotus PP7, Th™ [PurCaf® organic caffeine (from green coffee beans), coffeeberry,, organic guayusa (leaf extract), KSM-66 organic ashwagandha (root, extract), EGCG extract (from organic green tea), organic elderberry extract,, FOS (from organic jerusalem artichoke)], sodium benzoate & potassium, sorbate (as preservatives), caramel color, vitamin B2 (riboflavin), organic tart, cherry juice powder. *Adds a trivial amount of sugar.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Lemonade
Ingredients: FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC LEMON FLAVOR
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Isolate Whey Protein
Ingredients: Partially Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Lecithin, Sucralose.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Vanilla latte high protein iced coffee
Ingredients: Brewed Coffee (Water, Coffee), Ultrafiltered Milk, Natural Flavors (less than 2%), Salt, Pectin, Dipotassium Phosphate, Cellulose Gel, Cellulose Gum, Natural Caffeine, Monk Fruit, Stevia Leaf (Reb M), Lactase Enzyme, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

BUCKED UP ENERGY
Ingredients: carbonated water, natural flavors, beta-alanine, citric acid, malic acid, taurine, caffeine anhydrous (300mg), sucralose, sodium benzoate, acetyl l-tyrosine, acesulfame potassium, l-theanine, korean red ginseng, alphasize alpha gpc, methylliberine (as dynamine), theacrine (as teacrine), huperzíne-a, pyridoxine hcl, methylcobalamin
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
