Non-alcoholic beverages
V8 Splash fruit medley
64 fl oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains non-nutritive sweeteners
- Contains added sugars
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 37
V8 Splash fruit medley scores 37 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points High fructose corn syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 9 points Sugars 3.7 g / 100 ml: High in sugar. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Splash fruit medley
Ingredients
- High fructose corn syrup minus 20 points
- Sucralose minus 7.5 points
- Natural flavors minus 2.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 4 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 4.5 points
Nutrition per 100 ml
- Sugars 3.7 g / 100 ml minus 9 points
- Energy 16 kcal / 100 ml minus 2 points
100 − 63.5 = 36.5 → 37
Can’t score above 79. Contains high fructose corn syrup, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3][4]
Nutrition per 100 ml
| Energy | 16 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 4.1 g |
| Sugars | 3.7 g |
| Added sugars | 3.7 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Salt | 0 g |
Serving: 8 fl oz (8 fl oz)
Ingredients
- WATER
- VEGETABLE JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF CARROTS, PURPLE CARROTS)
- HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (high concern)
- MALIC ACID
- NATURAL FLAVORING
- FRUIT JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF APPLES, PEARS, PINEAPPLE, CHERRIES)
- VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID)
- PURPLE CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR)
- SUCRALOSE (moderate concern)
- NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3)
- DI-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL
- LICORICE ROOT EXTRACT (FOR FLAVOR)
- PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6)
- CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)
Label text, as published
INGREDIENTS: WATER, VEGETABLE JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF CARROTS, PURPLE CARROTS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, MALIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORING, FRUIT JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF APPLES, PEARS, PINEAPPLE, CHERRIES), VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), PURPLE CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR), SUCRALOSE, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), DI-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL, LICORICE ROOT EXTRACT (FOR FLAVOR), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12).
Allergens and diets
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from V8
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 184.1866 High fructose corn syrup
“a sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture containing either approximately 42 or 55 percent fructose”
ecfr.gov
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Personalized microbiome-driven effects of non-nutritive sweeteners on human glucose tolerance
“As groups, each administered NNS distinctly altered stool and oral microbiome and plasma metabolome, whereas saccharin and sucralose significantly impaired glycemic responses.”
doi.org
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“Sucralose-6-acetate significantly increased the expression of genes associated with inflammation, oxidative stress, and cancer”
doi.org
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“EFSA’s experts concluded that the sweetener sucralose (E 955) continues to be safe for consumers for its currently authorised uses as a food additive.”
efsa.europa.eu
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WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline
“The recommendation is based on the findings of a systematic review of the available evidence which suggests that use of NSS does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children.”
who.int
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org