You drink it every day. Do you know what’s in it?
We read the ingredient labels on the drinks and snacks you actually buy, then tell you in plain English what each thing is and whether you should care.
- Carbonated water fine
- Caramel color 4-MEI, see note
- Aspartame flagged
- Phosphoric acid tooth enamel
- Potassium benzoate preservative
- Natural flavors undisclosed
- Citric acid fine
- Caffeine 46 mg
The breakdowns people read most
Every one of these is a label most people never flip the can around to read. We did it for you.
Ingredients, decoded
The same handful of additives show up on every label. Learn them once and you can read any can in the store.
Every drink on the shelf
Sodas, sports drinks, and the zero-sugar versions of each — in label order, with a verdict.
Scan it in the store. Know before you buy.
The free FittBeat app reads any barcode and tells you what’s inside, logs meals from a photo, and builds workouts that adjust to how you’re actually doing.
How every breakdown is made
Same process, every post. So you can judge how much to trust what you read here.
Manufacturer websites are often out of date. The can on the shelf is the source of truth, and each post says which size and flavor it reflects.
FDA status, the latest EFSA opinion, and the peer-reviewed research — with randomized trials weighted far above mouse studies and headlines.
A verdict at the end, concerns ordered by evidence, a “last reviewed” date at the top, and the sources linked at the bottom.