Sweetened Beverages Roundup
We analyzed 595 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 7)

Passion Fruit with Tumeric
Ingredients: Carbonated water, organic cane sugar, 100% fresh ginger, passion fruit concentrate, fruit and vegetable juice for color, turmeric powder, ascorbic acid (vitamin c)
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Sparkling Probiotic Drink Lemon Ginger
Ingredients: Sparkling water, water kefir culture (water, lactic acid, kefir culture, natural flavor), cane sugar, apple cider vinegar, ginger extract, bacillus coagulans gbi-30 6086, fig concentrate, lactic acid, lemon extract, fruit and vegetable juice (for color).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

WTR MLN WTR.
Ingredients: Watermelon flesh, filtered water, watermelon rind, lemon juice.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Aloe Vera Drink
Ingredients: Purified water, aloe vera pulp, white cane sugar, aloe vera flavors, citric acod, calcium lactate, sodium citrate, beta-carotene, vitamin c, gellan gum, stevia
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Cane Sugar Soda
Ingredients: Carbonated water, Invert cane sugar, Natural and artificial flavours, Citric acid, Sodium benzoate, Potassium sorbate, Brilliant blue FCF
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Unsweetened Green Tea
Ingredients: Filtered water, organic green tea**, citric acid, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic juice not from concentrate pasteurized
Ingredients: Organic honeycrisp apple juice.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Root Beer
Ingredients: Carbonated water, sugar, caramel color, sodium benzoate (preservative), natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, quillaia extract, acacia gum, yucca extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Citrus Punch From Concentrate, Orange, Tangerine, Lemon
Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, corn oil, food starch-modified, potassium citrate, xanthan gum, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), lime juice from concentrate, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (preservative), malic acid, natural and artificial flav
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Diet Cola
Ingredients: Carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium citrate, potassium benzoate (preservative), caffeine, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Apple Juice
Ingredients: Apple juice from concentrate (filtered water, apple juice concentrate), ascorbic acid (vitamin c).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dessert syrup variety
Ingredients: *triple filtered purified water, strawberry flavor, cellulose gel, sucralose, citric acid, salt, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness), potassium sorbate, fd&c red #40, purple sweet potato, caramel color
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

Kool-Aid Tropical Punch
Ingredients: Water, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural and artificial flavor, sucralose, citric acid, calcium lactate, gum arabic, glycerol ester of wood rosin, red 40, sodium benzoate and calcium disodium edta (prese
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Light concord grape juice beverage, light concord grape
Ingredients: Filtered water, concord grape juice, malic acid (for tartness), sodium citrate, fruit juice and vegetable juice concentrates (for color), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavor, sucralose and acesulfame potassium.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Strongest Ginger Beer
Ingredients: Sparkling filtered water, cane sugar, pineapple juice from concentrate, honey, ginger root, lemon and lime juices from concentrate, spices
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Mango Lemonade Kombucha
Ingredients: Filtered water, kombucha culture (yeast and bacteria cultures), organic black tea, organic green tea, organic evaporated cane juice (sugar), cold-pressed organic ginger juice, organic vanilla powder, organic cacao powder, organic allspice powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Orange Mango Energy Drink
Ingredients: carbonated filtered water, coconut water from concentrate, citric acid, natural flavor, calcium lactate, magnesium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, caffeine, sucralose, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), l-theanine, inositol, glucuronolactone, taurine, acesulfame potassium, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b-6), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b-12).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Sparkling Lime & Yuzu
Ingredients: carbonated spring water, fruit sugars ( apple juice concentrate), lime juice, fructose (fruit sugar), yuzu juice, citric acid, natural lime flavoring, sodium bicarbonate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Orange Hydration Drink
Ingredients: FILTERED WATER, COCONUT WATER FROM CONCENTRATE, CITRIC ACID, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, TRIMAGNESIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUCRALOSE, BETA CAROTENE (COLOR), L-ISOLEUCINE, L-LEUCINE, L-VALINE, D-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE (VITAMIN E), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, RETINYL PALMITATE (VITAMIN A), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Orange soda
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT TASTE), NATURAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODÌUM POLYPHOSPHATES, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, YELLOW 6, RED 40.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Vernors zero sugar
Ingredients: BENZOATE CARBONATED WATER, ASPARTAME, CITRIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS. PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Tropical Mango
Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, L-CARNITINE L-TARTRATE, TAURINE, CAFFEINE, SUCRALOSE, ALPHA-GLYCERYL PHOSPHORYL CHOLINE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), ASCORBIC ACID, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, COFFEE (COFFEA ARABICA) FRUIT EXTRACT, NIACINAMIDE, ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS ROOT EXTRACT, PANAX NOTOGINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, PYRIDOXAL-5-PHOSPHATE, METHYLCOBALAMIN
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

Diet
Ingredients: Carbonated Water Caramel Color, Aspartame, Phosphoric Acid, potassium benzoate (preserves richness), caffeine, Citric acid, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Dr pepper soda
Ingredients: nutrition facts serving size 1 bottle amount/serving total fat og sodium 75mg calories per serving total carb. 53g total sugars 52g %dv* 10% 3% incl. 52g added sugars 104% protein og 190 190 aries natural and artificial flavors, sodium benzoate (preservative carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color p hitle of dr pepper/seven up, inc., 5301 legacy drive, plano, tx 75024 caffeine content: 55mg/16 fl oz 19% -
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Zen wtr
Ingredients: Vapor Distilled water, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium bicarbonate (Electrolyte sources for taste).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
