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Gatorade Fierce Thirst Quencher Variety Pack, 20 Fl Oz, 24 Count, Green Apple; Grape; Blue Cherry

The Quaker Oats Co./gatorade-Van Camp · Water · barcode 00052000046267

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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. Same brand, tested
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have 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 2023-10-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 all of them.
  • 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 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.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

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

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

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.

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.

Different items from the same brand that a lab has tested. Not this exact product.

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)

GATORADE FIERCE GREEN APPLE - WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MALIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, YELLOW 5, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, BLUE 1,GATORADE FIERCE GRAPE - WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, BLUE 1, RED 40,GATORADE FIERCE BLUE CHERRY - WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, BLUE 1

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-10-26. Labels change; check the package.

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