Welch's Essence, Sparkling Water Beverage, Red Apple, Red Apple
Welch Foods Inc · Water · barcode 00041800704859
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which has 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.
- Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of water show what's typical. See levels
- Others15 other water products have lab results. Compare them
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- 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.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
- 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
- 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
- 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
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- 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
Sucralose (E955)
Typical for water
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Arsenic (total): typically 0.39 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Water, bottled, mineral/spring: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 0.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Water, bottled, mineral/spring: found in 3 of 27 samples, average 0.01, highest 0.083 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Water, bottled, mineral/spring: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 0.03 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Water, bottled, mineral/spring: found in 23 of 27 samples, average 0.47, highest 1.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Bottled drinking water (mineral/spring), not carbonated or flavored: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.75, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
"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, BLACKBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, MALIC ACID, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, POTASSIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), SUCRALOSE, GRAPE SEED EXTRACT, RED 40, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.