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Non Alcoholic Beverages Ready to Drink · barcode 00071537020267

1L Bottle Bitter Lemon

Polar · Polar Beverages

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. 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 2026-02-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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

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, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 1 of 3, average 0.4, highest 1.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit drink (5% - 25% juice), canned or bottled: found in 1 of 3, average 0.37, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 0.9, highest 1.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit drink (10% juice), canned or bottled: found in 4 of 20, average 0.2, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Fruit juice blend (100% juice), canned/bottled: found in 10 of 20, average 1.22, highest 4 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, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Lemon Juice From Concentrate, Acacia Gum, Potassium Benzoate (Preservative), Natural Flavor, Ester Gum, Quinine, Calcium Disodium EDTA (To Protect Flavor), Brominated Vegetable Oil.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2026-02-19. Labels change; check the package.

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