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Rated at 1/5 green leaves, the McDonald’s Mango Pineapple Smoothie falls at the bottom of the scale on our website, highlighting a preference for cleaner food options. This product does not meet the criteria for organic certification and includes GMO ingredients, factors that significantly impact its rating.

The smoothie’s composition features a variety of fruit juice concentrates and purees, but the healthfulness is overshadowed by the inclusion of added sugars and potentially harmful additives. Specifically, sugar, citric acid, and fructose contribute to the product’s sugar content. The presence of natural and artificial flavors, cellulose powder, xanthan gum, and pectin raises concerns due to their processed nature and potential health implications.

A particularly worrying aspect is the use of artificial flavors deemed harmful, which drastically reduces the product’s score. Although the product does not contain high fructose corn syrup, the mention of artificial flavor in the scoring criteria appears to be a clerical error, as the ingredient list does not specify this component. Nonetheless, the artificial flavor present is enough to warrant serious deductions.

The smoothie also includes low-fat yogurt which contains active yogurt cultures, but this is overshadowed by additional sugar and modified food starches, which detract from its potential health benefits. Moreover, the equipment used to dispense the smoothie’s ingredients also handles milk, posing a cross-contamination risk for those with dairy allergies.

The McDonald’s Mango Pineapple Smoothie, with its 1/5 green leaf rating, stands as a product to avoid for consumers seeking clean and healthy food options. The presence of non-organic, GMO ingredients, added sugars, and potentially harmful additives aligns it with products that do not support a healthy, clean-eating lifestyle. The focus of our website is to guide consumers toward better choices, and this smoothie does not align with that mission.