Avoid

Amp game fuel

by Mtn Dew

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0012000180583 · Mtn Dew · Beverages and beverages preparations. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0012000180583 · Serving size 8 OZA (240 ml)

The verdict

Amp game fuel by Mtn Dew scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 26 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 26-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, High-fructose corn syrup, White Grape Juice Concentrate. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 26 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00180583 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Amp game fuel label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 26 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Kickstart Orange Citrus · ±0 BOOK-OFF …180583 · July 2026

13 of 26 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 00180583 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Kickstart Orange Citrus · Nearest score peer is Kickstart Orange Citrus at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Amp game fuel: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Amp game fuel20/1002. Kickstart Orange Citrus: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kickstart Orange Citrus20/1003. Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mountain Dew Baja Blast T…20/1004. Mountain Dew Baja Blast: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mountain Dew Baja Blast20/1005. Kickstart: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kickstart20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Amp game fuel (20/100 on 26 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Amp game fuel
20/100
Kickstart Orange Citrus
20/100
Mountain Dew Baja Blast Tropical Lime
20/100
Mountain Dew Baja Blast
20/100
Kickstart
20/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 32,623 products we've scored in the Beverages category, the average safety score is 90.5/100. Amp game fuel scores 70.5 points below that category average (20/100 vs. 90.5/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Beverages and beverages preparations products

Amp game fuel lists 26 ingredients on its label

26 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 4,874 products we track

0–2: 103 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 484 products (10%). Below this entry. 4–6: 475 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 550 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 619 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 595 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 493 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 381 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 272 products (6%). Below this entry. 18–20: 193 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 187 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 134 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 95 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 69 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 56 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 38 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 16 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 22 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 7 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 80 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages and beverages preparations product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

4,874 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 26 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
103 products (2%)
2–4
484 products (10%)
4–6
475 products (10%)
6–8
550 products (11%)
8–10
619 products (13%)
10–12
595 products (12%)
12–14
493 products (10%)
14–16
381 products (8%)
16–18
272 products (6%)
18–20
193 products (4%)
20–22
187 products (4%)
22–24
134 products (3%)
24–26
95 products (2%)
26–28
69 products (1%)
28–30
56 products (1%)
30–32
38 products (1%)
32–34
16 products (0%)
34–36
22 products (0%)
36–38
5 products (0%)
38–40
7 products (0%)
40 and above
80 products (2%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 4,874 Beverages and beverages preparations products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 26 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, white grape juice concentrate, citric acid, sodium polyphosphates (to protect flavor), natural and artificial flavor, l-theanine, gum arabic, sodium benzoate (preserves freshness), caffeine, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, red 40, glycerol ester of rosin, calcium disodium edta (to protect flavor), niacinamide, panax ginseng root extract, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, calcium pantothenate, yerba mate extract, beta carotene (vitamin a), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), blue 1.

Categories

Beverages and beverages preparations Beverages Carbonated drinks Sodas Energy drinks

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Amp game fuel

Neighbours outside Mtn Dew in the same lower screening band as Amp game fuel (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mtn Dew; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Amp game fuel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 26-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Amp game fuel's 4 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0012000180583: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.