Orange sports drink

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

Powerade Orange sports drink 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.

Powerade Orange sports drink lists 20 ingredients, starting with Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Electrolytes and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Powerade Orange sports drink scores worse than most sports & electrolyte drinks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in sports & electrolyte drinks is Acadia Acadia Product 002219000086 at 100/100.