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Fruit & Vegetable Juice, Nectars & Fruit Drinks · barcode 00089087670030

Jamaican Ginger Beer

Dg · Reggae Imports Ltd.

  • 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 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 2023-06-29). 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 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, 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)
  • Lead in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 1.4, highest 2.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Cadmium in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Mercury in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: 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)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, apple, bottled: found in 3 of 3, average 2.63, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Juice, orange, bottled/cartoned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple juice, bottled: found in 8 of 20, average 0.57, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • 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)
  • Perchlorate in Orange juice, bottled/carton: found in 8 of 20, 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)

TRIPLE FILTERED CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, JAMAICAN GINGER EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE (A PRESERVATIVE), BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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