Beverages

Beverages covers everything you drink except plain water (which is implicitly a neutral 100). This includes plant-based milks, 100% juices, sodas, coffee, tea, kombucha, sports drinks, energy drinks, and flavored sparkling waters. Per 100g values translate to per 100ml for all practical purposes.

Added sugar in beverages is one of the most researched dietary contributors to weight gain and metabolic disease. The USDA DGA recommends keeping added sugars below 10% of total calories, and sweetened beverages are the single largest source of added sugars in the US diet. Unsweetened beverages (water, tea, coffee, unsweetened plant milks) are all scored highly.

Unsweetened plant milks, black coffee, plain tea, and kombucha score in the 70-85 range because they are NOVA 1-2 and carry few penalties. Regular sodas, sweetened sports drinks, and juice cocktails score below 30 because of added sugar and NOVA 4 classification. Artificially sweetened beverages (Diet Coke, Coke Zero) score higher than their sugared versions but are still penalized for ultra-processing.

Score distribution

1. 01
   Bumble Bee Foods, SARDINES IN SPRING WATER

   Very good
   82
2. 02
   LARABAR, THE ORIGINAL FRUIT & NUT FOOD BAR, CHOCOLATE COCONUT CHEW, CHOCOLATE COCONUT CHEW

   Very good
   82
3. 03
   WILD PLANET NO SALT ADDED WILD SARDINES IN WATER

   Very good
   82
4. 04
   GARDEN OF EATIN' GARDEN OF EATIN, TUSCOLA COUNTRY BLUE CORN, TORTILLA CHIPS, SEA SALT, SEA SALT

   Very good
   80
5. 05
   INCA'S GOLD YELLOW MACA ORGANIC GELATINIZED POWDER, YELLOW MACA

   Very good
   80
6. 06
   VEGA DRINK MIX, MINT LEMONADE

   Very good
   79
7. 07
   VEGA MOCHA FLAVOR ALL-IN-ONE NUTRITIONAL SHAKE DRINK MIX, MOCHA

   Very good
   79
8. 08
   VEGA ONE MOCHA ALL-IN-ONE NUTRITIONAL SHAKE DRINK MIX, MOCHA

   Very good
   79
9. 09
   VEGA VANILLA CHAI FLAVOR ALL-IN-ONE NUTRITIONAL SHAKE DRINK MIX, VANILLA CHAI

   Very good
   79
10. 10
    WILD PLANET WILD SARDINES FILLETS IN WATER

    Very good
    79
11. 11
    SKINNYPOP POPCORN, DUSTED DARK CHOCOLATE

    Very good
    78
12. 12
    VEGA GREENS DRINK MIX, MATCHA HONEYDEW

    Very good
    77
13. 13
    ARKONA SKINLESS & BONELESS PINK SALMON IN WATER

    Very good
    76
14. 14
    COCA-COLA METAL SNACK CONTAINER WITH SALTED POPCORN, SALTED

    Very good
    76
15. 15
    COCA-COLA POPCORN TUB AND GENUINE GLASSES WITH POPCORN

    Very good
    76
16. 16
    PERFECT BAR DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND NUTRITION BAR, DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND

    Very good
    76
17. 17
    RXBAR PROTEIN BAR, COFFEE CACAO

    Very good
    75
18. 18
    SUPREME PROTEIN WHEY & CASEIN PROTEIN SHAKE MIX, DOUBLE CHOCOLATE, DOUBLE CHOCOLATE

    Good
    74
19. 19
    SUPREME PROTEIN WHEY & CASEIN PROTEIN SHAKE MIX, VANILLA BEAN, VANILLA BEAN

    Good
    74
20. 20
    ORGAIN CHOCOLATE ALMOND SEA SALT PROTEIN BARS, CHOCOLATE ALMOND SEA SALT

    Good
    73

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