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Mtn Dew Pitch Black Zero Sugar Soda With A Blast Of Dark Citrus Punch, Pitch Black

Pepsi-Cola North America Inc. · Soda · barcode 00012000220913

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of soda show what's typical. See levels
  • Others9 other soda products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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 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.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.
  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source. Applies to Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium, Sucralose.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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)

Only the shared rules above.

Aspartame (E951)

Only the shared rules above.

Acesulfame potassium (E950)

Only the shared rules above.

Sucralose (E955)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for soda

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Carbonated beverage, cola, low-calorie: found in 6 of 20 samples, average 1.66, highest 26 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 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, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), POTASSIUM CITRATE, CAFFEINE, ASPARTAME, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, GUM ARABIC, RED 40, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), BLUE 1, SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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