Beverage Preparations Roundup
We analyzed 1952 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 23)

Mountain Dew Major Melon
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUM ARABIC, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA(TO PROTECT FLAVOR), RED 40
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Boosted blends
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The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Real Brewed Tea Raspberry
Ingredients: BREWED BLACK TEA, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRUS PECTIN
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Milk Chocolate Flavor Reduced Calorie Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients: iron 1.8mg 10% potassium 240mg 6% the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. ngredients: nonfat milk, cocoa (processed with alkali), calcium carbonate, modified whey, salt, less than 2% of: cocoa powder, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, disodium phosphate. contains: milk. conagra brands ро. вох 3534 chicago, il 60654 gluten free
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Orange Sunkist
Ingredients: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative), natural flavors, modified food starch, gum, caffeine, ester gum, yellow 6, red 40.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Mio Sweet Tea Liquid Water Enhancer
Ingredients: Water, propylene glycol, malic acid, natural flavor, contains less than 2% of citric acid, sucralose and acesulfame potassium (sweeteners), red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, potassium sorbate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Strawberry Syrup
Ingredients: SUGAR, WATER, CORN SYRUP, MALIC ACID 2%, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), XANTHAN GUM, RED 40, SALT, BLUE 1.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Chunky Old Fashioned Vegetable Beef
Ingredients: BEEF STOCK, WATER, CARROTS, POTATOES, SEASONED BEEF - BEEF BROTH AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH PRODUCT (BEEF, BEEF BROTH, SALT, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE), CELERY, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, CORN, PEAS, POTATO STARCH 2%, GREEN BEANS, SALT, VEGETABLE OIL, YEAST EXTRACT, FLAVORING, SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN), SPICE, CARAMEL COLOR, BEEF EXTRACT, BEEF TALLOW, SESAME SEED OIL, GARLIC EXTRACT, GLUTAMIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, SOY LECITHIN, ONION EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dole 100% Juice Orange Pineapple Banana
Ingredients: Filtered water, apple juice concentrate, pineapple juice concentrate, clarified pineapple juice concentrate, orange juice concentrate, banana puree, citric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c) and natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Probiotic Drinkable Nonfat Yogurt - Raspberry
Ingredients: Pasteurized skim milk, cane sugar, raspberry, fruit pectin, live active cultures (l. lactis subsp. lactis, l. lactis subsp. cremoris, l. lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis, leuconostoc subsp. cremoris, s. thermophilus, l. bulgaricus, l. rhamnosus, l. casei, l. acidophilus, bifidobacterium sp.)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Signature Mashed Potatoes With Whole Milk & Real Butter
Ingredients: Potatoes, wheat, milk, butter(sweet, cream, salt) and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, contain less than 3% of vegetable mono and dyglyceroes, soy lecithin,citric acid, natural and artificial flavor vitamin a, palmitate added, salt water, potassium sorbate to protect flavor, titanium oxide, (color, disodium pyrophospate to maintain color spice.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Monster Energy Zero Ultra
Ingredients: Carbonated water, citric acid, erythritol, taurine, sodium citrate, natural & artificial flavors, panax ginseng extract, l-carnitine l-tartrate, sucralose, caffeine, sorbic acid (preservative), benzoic acid (preservative), niacinamide (vit.b3), acesulfame potassium, d-calcium pantothenate (vit. b5), salt, guarana extract, d-glucuronolactone, inositol, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit. b6), cyanocobalamin (vit. b12). monster energy blend: taurine, panax ginseng extract, l-carnitine, caffeine, guarana extract, glucuronolactone, inositol
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hot cocoa double chocolate
Ingredients: Cane sugar, cocoa un, cocoa processed with alkali, dark chocolate, sugar, chocolate mass, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Tomato Juice from Concentrate
Ingredients: TOMATO JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, CONCENTRATED JUICES OF TOMATOES), SALT, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Spiced Apple Cider
Ingredients: Sugar, malic acid, maltodextrin, tricalcium phosphate (prevents caking), apple juice solids, caramel color, natural and artificial flavors, sodium citrate (controls acidity), ascorbic acid, spice extractives.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Lemon Ginger Pineapple
Ingredients: Purified water, organic lemon juice, organic ginger juice, organic pineapple juice, organic stevia leaf extract powder, organic ground cayenne powder
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Throat Coat
Ingredients: Organic Echinacea purpurea root, Organic licorice root++, Organic licorice root dry aqueous extract 6:1, Proprietary Blend:, Organic marshmallow leaf, Organic marshmallow root, Organic fennel fruit, Organic orange peel, Organic cinnamon bark, Organic lemon peel, Organic lemon myrtle leaf (Backhousia citriodora) oil on gum arabic
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
- ● Clean Ingredients
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

Swiss miss milk chocolate flavored hot cocoa
Ingredients: sugar, corn syrup, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut onl, nonfat milk, less than 2% of: salt, dipotassium phosphate, mcno-and diglycerides, natufal flavor. contains: milk
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Probiotic Cashewmilk Yogurt - Strawberry
Ingredients: Filtered water, organic cashews, organic cane sugar, organic strawberries, organic coconut cream, organic tapioca starch, pectin, organic flavor, organic blackcurrant apple carrot juice, lemon juice concentrate, live active cultures.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mug Root Beer
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, QUILLAIA EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Berry Lemonade Flavored Sparkling Water
Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Contains 2% or Less of: Natural Flavors, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Fruit and Vegetable Juice (For Color), Sucralose, Green Tea Extract, Citric Acid, Retinol (Vitamin A), Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3), Biotin, Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Ester Gum, Gum Arabic, Calcium Disodium EDTA (To Protect Flavor), Potassium Benzoate (To Ensure Freshness)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Potassium Benzoate

Boost
Ingredients: container 1 bot: /4 657mL) Fer Serving calories 360 % Daily Value* Tolal Fat 14g 18% Saturated Fat 2g 10% Trans Fat 0g Cholesterol 10mg Sodium 200mg iNal Carbohydrate 45g Seary Fiber 19 ma Sugars 24g audes 24g Added Sugars nten 14g 3% 9% 16% 4% 48% 28% So 40m 10% • Vitamin A 20% • Vitamin C 50% 708248% • Biotin 25% • Pantothenic Acid 25% 3 5% agnese 35% • Chromium 507% am 3% • Chloride 10% • Choline 10% O6MA Y2025 23:43 USE BY: 4036572008 WATER, GLUCOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OL CANO, HIGH LEC SUNFLOWER COPY, MUK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, AND LESS THAN 2X, C COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALL, SOY PROTEIN SOLATE, CALCIUM CASENATE, SOM CASEINATE, VIANS NO MINERALS, GUM ACACIA, FRUCTOOLGOSACCHARD, CARIN (FROM CHICORY), SOY LECITHIN, SAL, CARRAGEMAN, NATURAL AND ARTICAL RANOR INS AND MERAS: POTASSUM CITRATE, CALCIUM SPONT IS SEA CRORE IN IS IN PROSTITE ACETATE,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mexican style instant hot chocolate mix
Ingredients: Sugar, nonfat milk, dairy product solids, vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated coconut or palm kernel and hydrogenated soybean), corn syrup solids, cocoa, and less than 2% of cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate, salt, dipotassium phosphate, sodium citrate, sodium aluminosilicate, mono-and diglycerides, sucralose.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients: SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, NONFAT MILK, SALT 2%, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, COCOA POWDER, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
