Ukudla okwenzelwe kahle kuyimfuneko ebalulekile yokukhulelwa okuphephile. Izakhamuzi ziye zakha uhlu lwemikhiqizo okumele abesimame abazoyithatha ngokuqapha. Ushokoledi omnyama ungumthombo wama-antioxidants nama-polyphenols, okusiza ukwandisa ithoni yomzimba. Kodwa inani elikhulu le-caffeine e-dessert le-dessert elimnandi alizuzi uhlelo olusathuthuka lwesisindo somntwana. Izitsha eziqukethe amaqanda aluhlaza, izinhlanzi namahlumela okusanhlamvu nawo avunyelwe. Imikhiqizo enjalo ingaqukatha amabhaktheriya ka-Escherichia coli noListeria. Ukwelashwa ngokucophelela kwemifino kanye nenhlanzi kuyimfuneko ebalulekile yokudla komama okhulelwe.
I-Coca-Cola ne-Sprite yiziqu ezimnandi zokoma, kodwa nazo ziyakwazi ukubangela ukuqubuka kwenhliziyo kanye namathumbu emathumbu ngenxa yamanzi amaningi abiziwe, ushukela nama-preservatives. Inyama kanye nezinhlanzi ezikhonjiwe akuyona into engcono kakhulu yokudla okulinganiselayo: ukupakisha okulimaziwe kuyindawo enhle yokuzalanisa ibhethri eveza ubuthi lwe-botulinum. I-Aloe Vera ukwesekwa kokudla kungabangela ukuchotshozwa kwemisipha ebushelelezi yesisu, okwenza usongela ukukhulelwa noma ukubeletha ngaphambi kwesikhathi.