Ingredients
Is it clean? Ingredients explained
Natural flavors, seed oils, dyes, sweeteners, preservatives and more: what Gutlog's clean rubric flags, how strong the evidence is and why.
Natural flavors
- Natural flavorsPreference
Artificial colors
- Red 40Regulatory action
- Yellow 5Regulatory action
- Yellow 6Regulatory action
- Blue 1Regulatory action
- Blue 2Regulatory action
- Green 3Regulatory action
- Red 3Regulatory action
- Citrus Red 2Regulatory action
- Orange BRegulatory action
- Titanium dioxideRegulatory action
- Artificial colors (unnamed)Regulatory action
- Caramel colorMixed
Industrial seed oils
- Seed oilPreference
- Canola oilPreference
- Soybean oilPreference
- Sunflower oilPreference
- Safflower oilPreference
- Corn oilPreference
- Cottonseed oilPreference
- Rice bran oilPreference
- Grapeseed oilPreference
- MayonnaisePreference
- Deep-fried coatingPreference
Hydrogenated and interesterified fats
- Hydrogenated oilRegulatory action
- Fully hydrogenated oilPreference
- Interesterified fatMixed
Added sugars and syrups
- High-fructose corn syrupStrong
- Corn syrupStrong
- Invert sugarStrong
- Tapioca syrupStrong
- Brown rice syrupMixed
- SodaStrong
- Energy drinkStrong
- SugarStrong
- HoneyStrong
- Maple syrupStrong
- Agave syrupStrong
- Fruit juice concentrateStrong
- Ice creamStrong
Preservatives
- BHARegulatory action
- BHTMixed
- TBHQMixed
- Sodium nitriteStrong
- BaconStrong
- SausageStrong
- Celery powderMixed
- Sodium benzoateMixed
- Potassium bromateRegulatory action
- PropylparabenRegulatory action
- Propyl gallateMixed
- Calcium propionateMixed
- Sorbic acidPreference
- EDTAPreference
- Phosphate additivesMixed
Emulsifiers and gums
- CarrageenanMixed
- Polysorbate 80Mixed
- CarboxymethylcelluloseMixed
- Polysorbate 60Mixed
- Mono- and diglyceridesMixed
- DATEMPreference
- Sodium stearoyl lactylatePreference
- PGPRPreference
- Xanthan gumPreference
- Guar gumPreference
- Gellan gumPreference
- MethylcellulosePreference
Flavor enhancers
- Monosodium glutamatePreference
- Disodium inosinate and guanylatePreference
- Hydrolyzed vegetable proteinPreference
- Yeast extractPreference
Refined starches and maltodextrin
- MaltodextrinMixed
- Corn starchPreference
- DextrinPreference
- Tapioca starchPreference
- Potato starchPreference
- Wheat starchPreference
Bleached and enriched flours
- Enriched wheat flourPreference
- Bleached flourMixed
- AzodicarbonamideRegulatory action
Banned or restricted in the EU
- Red 40Regulatory action
- Yellow 5Regulatory action
- Yellow 6Regulatory action
- Red 3Regulatory action
- Green 3Regulatory action
- Citrus Red 2Regulatory action
- Orange BRegulatory action
- Titanium dioxideRegulatory action
- Potassium bromateRegulatory action
- AzodicarbonamideRegulatory action
- Brominated vegetable oilRegulatory action
- PropylparabenRegulatory action