Juices and nectars

Italia Lemon Juice, Bottled

Name: Lemon Juice, Bottled
Brand: Italia

4 fl oz/118 mL

Excellent out of 100 Medium confidence

Why it scores 93

Italia Lemon Juice, Bottled scores 93 out of 100 (Excellent) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:

minus 7.5 points Potassium metabisulfite: Sulfites must be declared above 10 mg/kg in the EU and UK and at 10 ppm or more in the US because some people, especially people with asthma, react to them. Regulatory

Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.

The Receipt

Lemon Juice, Bottled

START100

Ingredients

Potassium metabisulfite minus 7.5 points

Regulatory Sulfites must be declared above 10 mg/kg in the EU and UK and at 10 ppm or more in the US because some people, especially people with asthma, react to them. [1][2][3]

subtotal−7.5

TOTAL 93Excellent

100 − 7.5 = 92.5 → 93

Serving: 5ml

High Moderate Not recognized Tap an ingredient for its evidence and rules.

Label text, as published

LEMON JUICE, ESSENTIAL LEMON OIL, POTASSIUM METABISULPHITE AS A PRESERVATIVE.

Contains: Sulphites

Always check the package: recipes change.

Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers

European Union (Official Journal) · Oct 25, 2011 · Law

“ANNEX II SUBSTANCES OR PRODUCTS CAUSING ALLERGIES OR INTOLERANCES 1. Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut or their hybridised strains”

eur-lex.europa.eu
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 (as it applies in the UK), Annex II: substances or products causing allergies or intolerances

legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives) · Law

“1. Cereals containing gluten, namely: wheat (such as spelt and khorasan wheat), rye, barley, oats or their hybridised strains, and products thereof”

legislation.gov.uk
21 CFR 101.100 Food; exemptions from labeling (sulfiting agents)

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), U.S. Office of the Federal Register · Feb 17, 2022 · Law

ecfr.gov