Fruit & Vegetable Juice, Nectars & Fruit Drinks · barcode 00041900073695
Fruit Drink, Black Cherry
Fruit Rush · Dean Foods Company
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of fruit & vegetable juice, nectars & fruit drinks show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2013-10-30 · Class III · Terminated The product has the potential to spoil prematurely.Dean Foods, Inc.: Fruit Rush Black Cherry Artificially Flavored Fruit Drink, One Gallon, Plant 06-704 FDA record F-0009-2014
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
- California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Sucralose (E955)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E955. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E950. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) 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.
- Arsenic (total): typically 0.925 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
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)
WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CITRIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, RED 40, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CELLULOSE GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, BLUE 1.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.