Brand
Powerade
Made by
The Coca-Cola Company
Aisle
Sports and energy drinks
Kind
sports drink

Powerade

Powerade Xtra Sour Green Apple

A sour-candy-style Powerade with more electrolytes, in green apple, coloured with Yellow 5 and Blue 1.

Label check

Flagged ingredients3

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, LESS THAN 0.5% OF: ELECTROLYTES (SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM CHLORIDES, MONO-POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL FLAVORS, VITAMINS B12 AND C (CYANOCOBALAMIN AND ASCORBIC ACID), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT COLOR), MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, SUCROSE ACETATE ISOBUTYRATE, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.

Source: The Coca-Cola Company’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More sports drink first, then the rest of the sports and energy drinks aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.