Frooti Mango Drink — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Frooti Mango Drink by Frooti DUMP — score 17/90.

A mango 'fruit drink' that's really sugar water — water and sugar top the list, with only a splash of mango pulp, plus artificial color and a stack of additives.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the #2 ingredient — ~14g per 100ml of pure added sugar
• Only a small share of real mango; the rest is flavoring and color
• Artificial Sunset Yellow color (INS 110), linked to hyperactivity concerns
• Nature-identical flavoring fakes fresh mango taste
• NOVA-4 ultra-processed: no fiber, no real nutrition, just liquid sugar

Ingredients (8)

• Water (safe) — Used as a basic ingredient in bread.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Mango Pulp (safe) — Real fruit, but a minority ingredient — around 11% — heavily diluted by water and sugar.
• Acidity Regulators (INS 330 Citric Acid, INS 331(iii) Sodium Citrate) (safe) — Common food acids for tartness and pH; benign.
• Stabilizer (INS 466 Carboxymethylcellulose) (moderate) — Thickener/texture agent to fake body and mouthfeel; marks this as an engineered product.
• Nature-Identical Flavouring Substances (Mango) (moderate) — Lab-made mango flavor doing the work real fruit should — the taste is largely synthetic.
• Antioxidant INS 300 (ascorbic acid) (safe) — Vitamin C added to protect flavour and colour; minor positive.
• Food Colour (INS 110 Sunset Yellow) (concerning) — Artificial azo dye used purely for a mango-orange look; linked to hyperactivity in children (Southampton study).