Maaza Mango Drink — BULLSHIT
Munch or Dump rates Maaza Mango Drink by Mazza BULLSHIT — score 0/90.
Sold on "real mango," but it's mostly sugar water with an artificial color and artificial flavoring, only 19.5% pulp.
Why this verdict
- "Real mango" marketing, but artificial flavoring and synthetic color do the actual work
- Sugar is the #2 ingredient; this is essentially sweetened water with 19.5% pulp
- Sunset Yellow (E110) artificial color, linked to hyperactivity in kids
- NOVA 4 ultra-processed drink dressed up as fruit juice
Ingredients (8)
- Water (safe) — Inert; just adjusts texture.
- Mango pulp (19.5%) (safe) — The only genuinely good part, but at under a fifth of the drink it's a minority ingredient.
- Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
- Acidity regulators (330 citric acid, 331(iii) trisodium citrate) (safe) — Common, well-tolerated pH adjusters for tartness.
- Antioxidant (300 ascorbic acid) (safe) — Vitamin C used as a dough oxidizer; harmless in itself but part of the additive stack.
- Preservative (202 potassium sorbate) (moderate) — Standard preservative; generally safe but a marker of a processed shelf-stable drink.
- Colour (110 Sunset Yellow FCF) (concerning) — Synthetic azo dye linked to hyperactivity in children; carries a warning label in the EU.
- Mango flavours (natural, nature-identical & artificial) (concerning) — Lab-built flavor doing the job real fruit should; contradicts the 'real mango' claim.