Powerade Mountain Berry Blast — DUMP
Munch or Dump rates Powerade Mountain Berry Blast by Powerade DUMP — score 17/90.
HFCS water with a vitamin spritz and a blue dye job. The ION4 electrolytes are real but cheap; the actual payload is roughly 50g of sugar per bottle, colored by Blue 1 because there are no berries. Hydration marketing, soda formulation.
Why this verdict
- High fructose corn syrup is ingredient #2 — around 50g of sugar in a 28 oz bottle.
- Blue 1 artificial dye creates the 'Mountain Berry'; no berry appears anywhere in the list.
- SAIB (sucrose acetate isobutyrate) and calcium disodium EDTA are weighting and chelating agents — pure lab-formulation markers.
- B-vitamin fortification is a health halo sprayed onto sugar water; the 'energy' is the HFCS.
- HFCS + artificial color + modified food starch stacking is the textbook NOVA 4 DUMP pattern.
Ingredients (9)
- High Fructose Corn Syrup (caution) — The dominant sweetener and second ingredient; drives the sugar load.
- blue 1 (avoid) — Artificial dye used to tune color; no nutritional role.
- Sucrose acetate isobutyrate (SAIB) (caution) — Weighting agent that keeps flavor oils emulsified — a beverage-lab additive.
- calcium disodium edta (moderate) — Preservative that binds metals to protect quality; a processed-food additive but used in tiny amounts.
- modified food starch (moderate) — Industrial thickener that gives the condensed texture; a processing marker.
- medium chain triglycerides (moderate) — Refined fat used as a flavor-oil carrier, not a nutrition play.
- Electrolyte salts (salt, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, monopotassium phosphate) (safe) — The legitimate sports-drink minerals — real but commodity-grade.
- B vitamins (B3, B6, B12) (safe) — Synthetic but legitimate additions.
- Natural Flavors (safe) — Flavor compounds derived from natural sources.
Healthier alternatives
- Kirkland Signature Organic Coconut Water
- Original Coconut Water by Zola
- Coconut Water by Wegmans Organic
- PURE COCONUT WATER
- Hydration Drink Tropical Punch