Ras Kik Mango — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Ras Kik Mango by Campa Cola DUMP — score 20/90.

Sugar water dressed up as mango. Sugar is the second ingredient and there's only 10.4% mango content, propped up by caramel color, synthetic flavor and a preservative.

Why this verdict

• Sugar is the #2 ingredient — this is a liquid-sugar drink, not fruit juice
• Only 10.4% mango content; 5.2% is concentrate, not fresh fruit
• Nature-identical (synthetic) flavoring stands in for real mango taste
• Caramel color 150d and sodium benzoate preservative make it fully processed (NOVA 4)

Ingredients (9)

• Water (safe) — Bulking agent that keeps this a low-fat spread; inert.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
• Mango concentrate (5.2%) (moderate) — The only real fruit, but a tiny fraction and concentrated (stripped of fiber, high in sugar).
• Acidity Regulator 330 (Citric Acid) (safe) — Common food acid for tartness; generally harmless.
• Acidity regulator (331, sodium citrate) (safe) — Buffering salt; harmless in these amounts.
• Stabilizer (415, xanthan gum) (safe) — Thickener that fakes the body of real juice; safe but a marker of formulation.
• Preservative (211 Sodium Benzoate) (moderate) — Synthetic preservative; can form trace benzene with ascorbic acid and marks this as a processed formulation.
• Color (150d, caramel) (moderate) — Added caramel coloring to look mango-golden; class-III/IV caramels can carry 4-MEI, purely cosmetic.
• Nature Identical Flavouring Substances (moderate) — Lab-synthesized 'mango' flavor doing the heavy lifting instead of actual fruit.