Stinger Detox is a detoxification supplement described by the brand as "the original detox." The company sells everything from liquid cleansers to mouthwash and hair.

But does Stinger Detox contain research-backed ingredients for detoxification support? Does it contain any unhealthy ingredients? Is the brand's mouthwash better-formulated? And how does Stinger Detox compare to other popular detox drinks like High Voltage Detox?

In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Stinger Detox to give our take on whether or not the supplement is likely to be effective for detoxification support, and whether or not it's healthy.

We'll also review the mouthwash sold by the brand, and compare Stinger Detox to other popular detox drinks to pick our winners (and losers).

Key takeaways:

• We're unimpressed by potential efficacy of formulation
• Unhealthy in our review due to high added sugar dose
• We do not currently recommend Stinger Detox

Ingredient Analysis

The active ingredients in Stinger 5x Instant Cleanser are shown below:

Added sugar is included at a dose of 50 grams (g), which we consider to be unhealthy and a strange choice for a "detox" drink.

As we detailed in our Detoxify Mega Clean review article, added sugar in excess is clinically shown to be associated with increased risk of obesity and cardiovascular disease, and one serving of this drink provides 100% of the Daily Value (DV) of added sugar.

Niacin is included, and we can't find any clinical evidence that this vitamin detoxifies the body.

We actually found a series of case studies reporting that the use of niacin to clear urine to pass drug screenings may be harmful:

"Health care providers should be aware of these potential adverse effects of niacin and of the misguided use of this vitamin by patients seeking to interfere with urine drug screening."

The adverse effects reported were nausea, vomiting, liver damage, blood sugar issues and more.

Taurine may have liver-protective effects according to a 2009 clinical trial.

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) and l-lysine are the only remaining active ingredients, and we can't find any studies suggesting these ingredients support detoxification, nor does the brand cite any on their product page.

There are a number of inactive ingredients in Stinger Detox that may be questionable from a health perspective:

Artificial flavors are clinically shown to be toxic at least in animal studies.

Citric acid can cause inflammatory reactions in some individuals, according to a medical review published in the Toxicology Reports journal.

Potassium sorbate is a preservative that's clinically shown to be genotoxic (meaning it can damage DNA), as we documented in our review of another "detox" drink containing this ingredient called Rescue Detox.

Yellow 5, blue 1 and red 40 are artificial colors, and synthetic food dyes can be harmful to human health according to a 2012 medical review.

Overall, Stinger Detox may provide detoxification support due to the inclusion of taurine, but we consider this drink to be unhealthy due to all of the additive ingredients described above.

Stinger Detox vs. Popular Detox Drinks

Here's how Stinger Detox compares to other popular detox drinks in terms of potential effectiveness and healthiness, in our opinion:

High Voltage Detox

Contains artificial colors, which are clinically shown to be harmful to animals (and therefor potentially harmful to humans).

However, free from artificial dyes.

Winner: High Voltage Detox

Duck Flower Detox

We can't find any clinical support for the detoxification of this protocol, and it contains compounds that are clinically shown to harm the kidneys at high doses, as we documented in our duck flower detox reviews article.

While unhealthy, we do not consider Stinger Detox to be acutely dangerous in the way we consider duck flower detox to be.

Winner: Stinger Detox

Inno Cleanse

Contains an active ingredient which can cause liver damage, at an unspecified dose.

Winner: Stinger Detox

Stinger Detox Mouthwash Review

The ingredients in Stinger Detox Mouthwash are shown below:

Added sugar seems like a bad idea for a mouthwash, given that it can cause gum disease when consumed in excess, as documented in a medical review published in the BDJ Open journal.

The remaining active ingredients are included in a prop blend at a much lower dose than the original Stinger Detox, and we can't find any evidence suggesting that these ingredients support detoxification when used in a mouthwash (which is mostly not ingested).

Many of the same inactive ingredients are included in this formulation, which we already analyzed in the previous Ingredient Analysis section and consider to be unhealthy.

We do not currently recommend Stinger Detox Mouthwash, and consider it to be a worse formulation than Stinger Detox 5x Instant Cleanser.

Can Tea Support Natural Detox Processes?

We don't recommend the use of food products or supplements to "cleanse" or "remove toxins" from the body.

However, there are compounds which can naturally support the body's own detoxification processes for consumers intent on doing so.

Rooibos tea was shown to support optimal liver function in a clinical trial published in the Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity journal.

The study authors concluded the following:

"Results from this study suggest that the daily intake of unfermented rooibos herbal tea or a derived commercial rooibos supplement may benefit human health by providing the liver with an enhanced antioxidant capacity to reduce damage induced by toxicants."

Pique Rooibos Tea is our top rooibos tea pick, because it's conveniently in crystallized form and only hot water (no teapot) is needed to make it. The only ingredient in this product is organic rooibos.

We are not suggesting that rooibos tea should be used to treat any specific health condition.

Stinger Detox Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Taurine may help protect the liver

Cons:

• Contains over 50 g of added sugar
• Contains artificial flavors
• Contains artificial colors
• Contains citric acid
• Contains potassium sorbate
• Doesn't appear to be clinically tested
• Expensive per serving
• We can't find any evidence that this product will detoxify the body
• Brand fails to provide such evidence on their product page

Conclusion

Stinger Detox is another drink to promote detoxification that appears to be used by consumers to pass urine tests.

We do not consider this product to have a healthy formulation, because it contains over 50 g of added sugar, artificial flavors, artificial colors and preservatives.

There is one active ingredient in Stinger Detox that we could identify as having liver-protective effects in clinical research.

We consider Stinger Detox Mouthwash to be even worse-formulated than the original Stinger Detox, because it contains significantly lower doses of active ingredients, and isn't meant to be ingested.

We consider Stinger Detox to be a better option than duck flower detox and Inno Cleanse, but less healthy than High Voltage Detox.