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Mountain Lightning Orange Citrus Flavored Soda, Orange Citrus

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · Soda · barcode 00078742084190

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Brominated vegetable oil (BVO), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), 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.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA since 2024; not approved in the EU. 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 2022-12-22). 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).

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. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

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, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, GUM ACACIA, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), CAFFEINE, BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, RED 40.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.

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