Powerade Lemon Lime plastic bottle

Breakdown

3 ingredients to avoid

Powerade Lemon Lime plastic 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.

Powerade Lemon Lime plastic bottle lists 17 ingredients, starting with Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Salt and Sodium Citrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Powerade Lemon Lime plastic bottle scores worse than most sports & electrolyte drinks we have scored.