Code Red Cherry

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 13 ingredients to avoid

Mountain Dew Code Red Cherry 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 protein and 76g 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 Code Red Cherry lists 27 ingredients, starting with Carbonated Water, Sugant/ Glucose-fructose, Citric Acid, Graham's Sat Sodium Benzoate and Caffeine. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

290 kcal per serving, or 49 kcal per 100ml. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Mountain Dew Code Red Cherry on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Mountain Dew Code Red Cherry 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.