Baja Blast Tropical Lime

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 0g protein and 73g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime lists 13 ingredients, starting with Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid and Sodium Benzoate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

47 kcal per serving, or 8 kcal per 100ml. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime scores worse than most soda & soft drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in soda & soft drinks is poppi Prebiotic Soda Cherry Limeade at 92/100.