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Diet Sierra Mist 12 Fluid Ounce Aluminum Can-IA

Pepsico Inc. · Non Alcoholic Beverages Ready to Drink · barcode 00012000000744

What stands out

Nothing stands out: no published lab test names this product, no FDA recall lists its barcode and no ingredient on file is banned anywhere we track. Not tested is not the same as clean.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of non alcoholic beverages ready to drink show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.

Aspartame (E951)

Only the shared rules above.

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for non alcoholic beverages ready to drink

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.4, highest 1.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 0.37, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 0.9, highest 1.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink (10% juice), canned or bottled: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 10 of 20 samples, average 1.22, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

CARBONATED WATER, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM CITRATE, ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, ASCORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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