Rockstar

Rockstar Pure Zero Fruit Punch

Name: Rockstar Pure Zero Fruit Punch
Brand: Rockstar

Zero-sugar fruit-punch Rockstar with green tea extract and yerba mate, coloured with Red 40 and Blue 1.

Label check

Flagged ingredients4

Synthetic dyesRed 40, Blue 1
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersSucralose, Acesulfame potassium
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

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

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Red 40	Synthetic dyes	RED 40
Blue 1	Synthetic dyes	BLUE 1
Sucralose	Artificial sweeteners	SUCRALOSE
Acesulfame potassium	Artificial sweeteners	ACESULFAME POTASSIUM

Ingredients as listed

CARBONATED WATER, TAURINE, NATURAL FLAVOR, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE, GREEN TEA EXTRACT, SODIUM CITRATE, GLUCURONOLACTONE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), SUCRALOSE, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), L-CARNITINE, CITRUS PECTIN, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), YERBA MATE EXTRACT, RED 40, CARAMEL COLOR, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), BLUE 1, CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)

Source: PepsiCo’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

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

Rockstar Pure Zero Fruit Punch

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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