Tampico Tropical Punch plastic bottle

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 9 ingredients to avoid

Tampico Tropical Punch plastic bottle 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.

Tampico Tropical Punch plastic bottle lists 18 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, Cherry Juice From Concentrate, Orange Juice From Concentrate, Pineapple Juice From Concentrate and Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin c). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Tampico Tropical Punch plastic bottle scores worse than most juices we have scored. A higher-scoring option in juices is Trader Joe's Organic 100% Sicilian Lemon Juice at 100/100.