Gu Tri-berry Flavored Energy Gel, Tri-berry
Advanced Food Concepts Inc. · Energy, Protein & Muscle Recovery Drinks · barcode 00769493900043
What stands out
- Recall
1 FDA recall names this barcode (2018, closed): Firm was notified by L-Leucine supplier that product may contain cyclamates. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2018, closed). Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks show what's typical. See levels
- Others12 other energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks products have lab results. Compare them
FDA recalls
- 2018-08-08 · Class III · Terminated Firm was notified by L-Leucine supplier that product may contain cyclamates. Testing of the product confirmed this and a recall was initiated.Advanced Food Concepts: GU Energy Gels: Triberry, Gel; GUGEL 1 Pkt; item # 123020, UPC: 769493100054; GUGEL 8Pkt Box, item # 123034, UPC: 769493900043; GUGEL 15 Serve Pkt, item # 124253, UPC: 769493102096 GUGEL 24Pkt Box; item number 123049, UPC:. 769493200068. Recall F-1698-2018 details
Typical for energy, protein & muscle recovery drinks
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 4.1 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3 L (12½ cups) a day; an adult at about 14 L (58¼ cups).One serving (1 packet, 32 g, from the label):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.67, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 1.23, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 13.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Powder, protein: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beverage, energy: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Meal replacement, liquid RTD, vanilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Powder, protein: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.1, highest 4.8 ppb (2018-2020)
"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)
MALTODEXTRIN, WATER, FRUCTOSE, L-LEUCINE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, L-VALINE, SEA SALT, GREEN TEA (LEAF) EXTRACT (CONTAINS CAFFEINE), MALIC ACID, GELLAN GUM, L-ISOLEUCINE, SUNFLOWER OIL, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-09-14. Labels change; check the package.