Ramune Melon — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Ramune Melon by Kimura DUMP — score 20/90.

Carbonated high-fructose corn syrup colored with two artificial dyes and flavored with artificial flavor. There is no melon here, only sugar water, synthetic color, and a stack of phosphate additives.

Why this verdict

• High-fructose corn syrup is the main sweetener (~23g sugar per bottle)
• Two artificial dyes, FD&C Yellow 5 and Blue 1, fake the green melon look
• Artificial flavor stands in for any real fruit
• Stack of phosphate additives serves the formula, not your body
• Ultra-processed soda with no nutritional value

Ingredients (10)

• Carbonated Water (safe) — Just water with CO2; harmless base.
• High Fructose Corn Syrup (concerning) — A second refined sweetener stacked on the first; fructose load is linked to fatty liver and metabolic strain.
• citric acid (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness; harmless in this amount but can be rough on tooth enamel.
• Artificial Flavor) (concerning) — Lab-synthesized flavor doing the vanilla's job; a clear sign there's little to no real vanilla.
• Trisodium citrate (safe) — pH buffer; harmless but purely functional.
• Sodium metaphosphate (moderate) — Phosphate sequestrant; adds to dietary phosphate load with no benefit to you.
• FD&C Yellow No.5 (concerning) — Tartrazine, a synthetic dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children; here only to fake color.
• SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE (moderate) — Industrial phosphate additive; common in processed food, adds nothing nutritionally.
• FD&C Blue No.1 (concerning) — Brilliant Blue, a synthetic dye blended with yellow to mimic melon green.
• Sodium pyrophosphate (moderate) — Another phosphate salt; purely a formulation aid.