Mountain Dew Diet Original Soda can

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Mountain Dew Diet Original Soda can scores 15/100 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. 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 Diet Original Soda can lists 11 ingredients, starting with Concentrated Orange Juice, Natural Flavor, Potassium Benzoate, Citrus Pectin and Aspartame. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Mountain Dew Diet Original Soda can scores worse than most soda & soft drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in soda & soft drinks is Vichy Catalan Agua con Gas at 100/100.