Lemon Lime

Name: Lemon Lime
Brand: Powerade

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Powerade Lemon Lime healthy?

Powerade Lemon 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. 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.

What is in Powerade Lemon Lime?

Powerade Lemon Lime lists 16 ingredients, starting with Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Salt and Mono-potassium Phosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Powerade Lemon Lime contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Powerade Lemon Lime’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Powerade Lemon Lime?

Powerade Lemon Lime is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Powerade Lemon Lime compare to other sports & electrolyte drinks?

At 5/100 Powerade Lemon Lime scores worse than most sports & electrolyte drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in sports & electrolyte drinks is BODYARMOR SportWater Electrolytes at 96/100.

Is Powerade Lemon Lime organic?

Powerade Lemon Lime is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.