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Cock 'N Bull Bitter Orange With Quinine

Cock N Bull Ltd. · Fruit & Vegetable Juice, Nectars & Fruit Drinks · barcode 00072924990033

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Brominated vegetable oil (BVO), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 fruit & vegetable juice, nectars & fruit drinks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-05-25). 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).

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)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for fruit & vegetable juice, nectars & fruit drinks

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 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)
  • Lead in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 2.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Cadmium in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Mercury in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.63, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple juice, bottled: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 0.57, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • 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)
  • Perchlorate in Orange juice, bottled/carton: found in 8 of 20 samples, average 4.49, highest 33.6 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, REAL SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, GUM ACACIA, NATURAL ORANGE FLAVORS, QUININE, ESTER GUM, BROMINATED SOYBEAN OIL, YELLOW NO.5, YELLOW NO.6, POTASSIUM BENZOATE, AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-05-25. Labels change; check the package.

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