Caution

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon

by Venom, Pepsi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078000023756 · Venom, Pepsi · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078000023756 · Serving size 16 OZA (473 ml)

The verdict

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon by Venom, Pepsi scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonate Water, Corn Syrup, Glucose. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 24 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

75/100

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.

00023756 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Red 40 PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry lemonade soda · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023756 · July 2026

12 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Red 40). Source sheet 00023756 · 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: Strawberry lemonade soda · Nearest score peer is Strawberry lemonade soda 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

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. Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fruit Punch Flavored Ener…75/1002. Strawberry lemonade soda: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry lemonade soda75/1003. Sunkist Berry Lemonade: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sunkist Berry Lemonade75/1004. cherry 7 up: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. cherry 7 up75/1005. Tropical: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tropical75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon (75/100 on 24 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon
75/100
Strawberry lemonade soda
75/100
Sunkist Berry Lemonade
75/100
cherry 7 up
75/100
Tropical
75/100

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. Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon scores 15.5 points below that category average (75/100 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 products

Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 16,917 products we track

0–2: 161 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,220 products (13%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,699 products (10%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,564 products (15%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,835 products (17%). Below this entry. 10–12: 2,099 products (12%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,442 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 997 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 595 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 402 products (2%). Below this entry. 20–22: 347 products (2%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 256 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 66 products (0%). Above this entry. 32–34: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 34–36: 47 products (0%). Above this entry. 36–38: 43 products (0%). Above this entry. 38–40: 51 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 418 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Beverages 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

16,917 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
161 products (1%)
2–4
2,220 products (13%)
4–6
1,699 products (10%)
6–8
2,564 products (15%)
8–10
2,835 products (17%)
10–12
2,099 products (12%)
12–14
1,442 products (9%)
14–16
997 products (6%)
16–18
595 products (4%)
18–20
402 products (2%)
20–22
347 products (2%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
256 products (2%)
26–28
216 products (1%)
28–30
131 products (1%)
30–32
66 products (0%)
32–34
51 products (0%)
34–36
47 products (0%)
36–38
43 products (0%)
38–40
51 products (0%)
40 and above
418 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 16,917 Beverages 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 75/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 24 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carbonate Water
2
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Glucose
4
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
5
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
6
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
7
Sodium Citrate
8
L-carnitine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
9
Inositol
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
11
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
12
Preservative
13
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Vitamin B3
16
Natural Flavors Sucralose
17
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Ginseng Extract
19
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Vitamin B6
21
Guarana Extract Riboflavin
22
Vitamin B2
23
Cyanocobalamin
24
Vitamin B

Full Ingredient List

Carbonate water, corn syrup, glucose, citric acid, maltodextrin, taurine, sodium citrate, l-carnitine, inositol, caffeine,sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative),niacinamide (vitamin b3),natural flavors sucralose, red 40, ginseng extract, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), guarana extract riboflavin (vitamin b2), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b,12).

Other products containing Natural Flavors Sucralose

Natural Flavors Sucralose is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Beverages Carbonated drinks Artificially sweetened beverages Sodas Energy drinks

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon

Neighbours outside Venom, Pepsi near Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon's mid-band score (75/100). No other Venom, Pepsi products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Red 40 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 24-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Red 40. Open Red 40
  • Compare Fruit Punch Flavored Energy Drink, Lemon's 1 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 0078000023756: 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.