Food Additives Roundup
We analyzed 125 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 2)

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

Lime Gelatin Mix
Ingredients: Sugar, gelatin, <2% adipic acid (for tartness), sodium citrate (controls acidity), fumaric acid (for tartness), salt, natural flavoring, yellow 5, blue 1, bha (preservative), dimethylpolysiloxane (prevents foam).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole)
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Vanilla Flavor, Non-Alcoholic Organic
Ingredients: ORGANIC GLYCERIN, WATER, ORGANIC VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVES. PRODUCED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES TREE NUTS, MILK, EGGS, WHEAT, SOY AND SESAME
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts

Water Drops Peach Mango
Ingredients: Vegetable glycerin, purified water, citric acid, malic acid, natural flavor, stevia leaf extract, sodium citrate
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

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Organic Extract Powder Zero-Calorie Sweetener
Ingredients: organic stevia leaf extract.
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

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

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

Organic Stevia In The Raw Zero Calorie Stevia Blend
Ingredients: Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Stevia Leaf Extract
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Imitation Vanilla Extract
Ingredients: water, sugar, caramel color, artificial flavor, citric acid, sodium benzoate (preservative).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Pure Vanilla Extract with Madagascar Vanilla Beans
Ingredients: vanilla bean extractives in water, alcohol.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Premium Vanilla Flavor
Ingredients: WATER, ALCOHOL, NATURAL FLAVORINGS (INCLUDING EXTRACTIVES OF COCOA AND EXTRACTIVES OF TEA), VANILLIN AND OTHER ARTIFICIAL FLAVORINGS, CORN SYRUP, CARAMEL COLOR
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Imitation Vanilla Extract
Ingredients: WATER, SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

Organic Liquid Stevia Extract
Ingredients: Organic stevia extract (stevia rebaudiana) (leaf) in a base of deionized water and 11% organic alcohol.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chocolate Syrup
Ingredients: high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, cocoa processed with alkali, sugar, contains 2% or less of: potassium sorbate (preservative), salt, mono - and di-glycerides*, xanthan gum, polysorbate 60, vanillin (artificial flavor),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Red food color
Ingredients: water, propylene glycol, fd,c red 40(e129), fd,c red 3(e127), 0,1% propylparaben (e216) (preservative)
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Orange gelatin dessert mix boxes
Ingredients: GELATIN, ADIPIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, FUMARIC ACID, ASPARTAME" (SWEETENER), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ACÉSULFAME POTASSIUM (SWEETENER), SALT, YELLOW 6, RED 40, BHA (PRESERVATIVE).
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Organic Stevia
Ingredients: organic cane sugar, organic stevia leaf extract.
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

Monk Fruit
Ingredients: WATER, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

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