Tum-E Yummies Fruit Punch

Name: Tum-E Yummies Fruit Punch
Brand: Tum-E Yummies

Kids' fruit punch with added vitamins; sweetened with high fructose corn syrup and sucralose and preserved with benzoate.

Label check

Flagged ingredients4

Synthetic dyesRed 40, Blue 1
Corn syrupHigh fructose corn syrup
Artificial sweetenersSucralose
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 3 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Red 40	Synthetic dyes	RED #40
Blue 1	Synthetic dyes	BLUE #1
High fructose corn syrup	Corn syrup	HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Sucralose	Artificial sweeteners	SUCRALOSE

Ingredients as listed

FILTERED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, LESS THAN 0.5% OF: CITRIC ACID (PROVIDES TARTNESS), NATURAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), SUCRALOSE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND POTASSIUM BENZOATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT TASTE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B12 (CYANOCOBALAMIN), RED #40, BLUE #1.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2701475). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Tum-E Yummies Fruit Punch

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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