Welch's Fruit Punch Juice Drink

Name: Welch's Fruit Punch Juice Drink
Brand: Welch's

Fruit punch juice drink where water and high fructose corn syrup come before the juices.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupHigh fructose corn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 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
High fructose corn syrup	Corn syrup	HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

FILTERED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, APPLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, APPLE JUICECONCENTRATE), PINEAPPLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE), CHERRY JUICE FROMCONCENTRATE (FILTERED WATER, CHERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE), CITRIC ACID (FOR TARTNESS), NATURAL FLAVOR, VEGETABLE JUICE (FORCOLOR), ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SODIUM CITRATE, STEVIA LEAF EXTRACT, BETA CAROTENE (FOR COLOR), FRUIT JUICE (FOR COLOR)

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2721997). 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 passes all five checks.

Welch's Fruit Punch Juice Drink

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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