Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB)

What the evidence says

• Marker of ultra-processingInfo

  An additive class typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA group 4). [1]

Evidence tiers say how sure the evidence is, separately from how much it matters. About evidence tiers.

Popular products that list sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB)

34 of the 17,000 most-scanned products in the US with a GoodSwap page list sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB). The 12 most scanned:

• Thirst Quencher Gatorade · 28 oz Score 12 out of 100 Bad
• Powerade Mountain Berry Blast Powerade · 20 oz Score 26 out of 100 Poor
• Gatorlyte G · 20 oz Score 20 out of 100 Poor
• Zero Sugar Thirst Quencher Orange Gatorade · 20 fl oz/1.25 PT/591 mL Score 36 out of 100 Poor
• Electrolyte beverage Electrolit · 21 fl oz/1.3 pt/625 mL Score 20 out of 100 Poor
• Vitaminwater Glaceau Score 51 out of 100 Okay
• The Yellow Edition Energy Drink Red Bull · 250 mL (8.4 fl oz) Score 17 out of 100 Bad
• Gatorade Thirst Quencher, Orange Gatorade · 591 mL each (8 bottles) Score 12 out of 100 Bad
• KICKSTART Orange Citrus DEW · 16 oz Score 13 out of 100 Bad
• Fruit punch Mio · .. oz Score 36 out of 100 Poor
• Red Bull The Yellow Edition Tropical Energy Drink Red Bull · 355 mL Score 35 out of 100 Poor
• Mio Energy Kraft Foods · 1 Score 21 out of 100 Poor

Diets and allergens

Vegan

Yes

Vegetarian

Yes

Gluten-free

Yes

For the ingredient in general. Always check the package: a product’s own labels win.