Red Bull Energy Drink Original

Lab tests18 chemicals measured in this product. See results
RecallsNo barcode on file, so recalls can't be matched to it.
AdditivesNo ingredient list on file.
TypicalFDA's tests of soda show what's typical. See levels
Others8 other soda products have lab results. Compare them

Lab results for this product

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024)

DEHP: found in 1 of 2 samples (highest 14 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need about 21 L (87½ cups) a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 liters.
One serving (1 cup):
1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 50% of them.
DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): found in 1 of 2 samples (highest 17 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need about 88 L (366¾ cups) a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 liters.
One serving (1 cup):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 50% of them.
DEHT (DOTP): found in 1 of 2 samples (highest 25.1 ppb). No US agency limit we can cite. 9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 88% of them.
BPF (bisphenol F): 3.65 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest 3.7). No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 3.7 ppb. This one is higher than about 38% of them.

Not found above the lab's limit: DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DEHA, DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), BPA (bisphenol A), BPS (bisphenol S).

ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.

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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.

Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, cola, diet: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Carbonated beverage, lemon-lime, regular: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Carbonated beverage, cola, low-calorie: found in 6 of 20, average 1.66, highest 26 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Carbonated beverage, cola, regular: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 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. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

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