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Amp Energy Original Citrus Flavored Energy Drink 16 Fluid Ounce Can

Pepsico Inc. · Non Alcoholic Beverages Ready to Drink · barcode 00012000016431

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Brominated vegetable oil (BVO), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA since 2024; not approved in the EU. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA since 2024; not approved in the EU. 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 Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).

Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) (E443)

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked from 2024-08-02 FDA revoked its authorization for food, effective August 2, 2024. (89 FR 55040 (2024)) Source
  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

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, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, NATURAL FLAVOR, GUARANA SEED EXTRACT, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), CAFFEINE, GUM ARABIC, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), ASCORBIC ACID (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), TAURINE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL, YELLOW 5, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), NATURAL APPLE EXTRACT (COLOR), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12), BLUE 1.

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

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