Food · Emergen-C
Emergen-C Super Orange
2092000001512
Good nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Better than most of Vitamins — 17 of 25 sit at or below this number.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. The colour (Tartrazine) is cosmetic, not food. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Better than most of Vitamins — 17 of 25 sit at or below this number.
Watch-outs
Artificial colour
Tartrazine
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- The nutrition box sets a limit
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Good
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
3 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition good
- Nutrition quality84/100
- Ingredients86/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
The nutrition box sets a limit
The nutrition box is decent, but it is not the whole story.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Tartrazine
-14Azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children. EFSA ADI 7.5 mg/kg.
What held it up
A decent nutrition box
About 1.5 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Decent, not a keep on its own.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 100 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 6 gMedium A little sugar — about 1.5 teaspoons in 100 g. |
| Saturated fat | 0 gLow |
| Salt | 0.06 gLow Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Fructose, citric acid, ascorbic acid, potassium bicarbonate, orange juice powder, yellow 6, natural flavour, beta carotene.
TartrazineE102
−14Linked to restlessness in some children. You don’t need yellow food to be yellow.
Extra care for children
Sugar
Low concernNot a toxin. A teaspoon is a teaspoon. The issue is how many hide in drinks and breakfast.
Citric acidE330
No concernNo health concern at usual levels.
CarotenesE160a
No concernA keep.
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