Pepsico Dirty Mountain Dew, 20 oz bottle

Breakdown

3 ingredients to avoid

Mountain Dew Pepsico Dirty Mountain Dew, 20 oz bottle 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 Pepsico Dirty Mountain Dew, 20 oz bottle lists 12 ingredients, starting with Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Natural and Artificial Flavor and Potassium Sorbate. 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 Pepsico Dirty Mountain Dew, 20 oz bottle 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.