Brand: V8
Made by: The Campbell's Company
Aisle: Juice and kids' drinks
Kind: juice drink
Barcode: 00051000127112

V8 Splash Berry Blend

Name: V8 Splash Berry Blend
Brand: V8

Sweet berry drink with a little vegetable juice, coloured red with Red 40 and sweetened two ways.

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Flagged ingredients3

Synthetic dyesRed 40
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
High fructose corn syrup	Corn syrup	HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Sucralose	Artificial sweeteners	SUCRALOSE

Ingredients as listed

WATER, VEGETABLE JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF SWEET POTATOES, CARROTS), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVORING, CITRIC ACID, MALIC ACID, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), SUCRALOSE, RED 40 (FOR COLOR), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), LICORICE ROOT EXTRACT (FOR FLAVOR), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12).

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2695886). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More juice drink first, then the rest of the juice and kids' drinks aisle. Each fails fewer than 3 of the checks; fewest flags first.

V8 Splash Berry Blend

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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