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Sport Drinks · barcode 00052000104615

Cool Blue Thirst Quencher, Cool Blue

Gatorade · The Quaker Oats Co./gatorade-Van Camp

  • Lab testsA lab tested a product with this brand and name. See results
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of sport drinks show what's typical. See levels

Lab results for a matching product

Likely this product: the lab recorded its brand and name but not its barcode, so we matched it by brand and name. Package size and recipe may differ.

Gatorade Thirst Quencher Cool Blue

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024-07-20)

  • DEHP: 11 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 11). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 27 kg (60 lb) a day of this; an adult at more than 100 kg.
    One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
    under 1% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a adult's daily limit
  • DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): 15 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 16). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at more than 100 kg a day of this; an adult at more than 100 kg.
    One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
    under 1% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a adult's daily limit
  • DMP (dimethyl phthalate): 7.5 ppb (found in 2 of 3, highest 8.7). No US agency limit we can cite.
  • DEHT (DOTP): 55 ppb (found in 2 of 3, highest 57). No US agency limit we can cite.

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

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-04-27). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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

Typical for sport drinks

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Beverage, sports: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 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. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

WATER, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE, MONOPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GLYCEROL ESTER OF ROSIN, BLUE 1.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-04-27. Labels change; check the package.

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