Mountain Dew Kickstart Fruit Punch

Breakdown

8 ingredients to avoid

Mountain Dew Kickstart Fruit Punch 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 Kickstart Fruit Punch lists 16 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, White Grape Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor and Sodium Hexametaphosphate. 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 Kickstart Fruit Punch scores worse than most energy drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in energy drinks is Slate Milk Vanilla Ultra Protein Shake at 70/100.