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Pursuit Energy

by Pursuit Beverage Company Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0696859190759 · Pursuit Beverage Company Llc · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0696859190759 · Serving size 8 OZA (240 ml)

The verdict

Pursuit Energy by Pursuit Beverage Company Llc scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Filtered Water, Citric Acid, Taurine. 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 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

28/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

59190759 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pursuit Energy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 52% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Brominated Vegetable Oil PHOTO-FINISH Laura lynn, flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …190759 · July 2026

13 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Brominated Vegetable Oil). Source sheet 59190759 · 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: Laura lynn, flavored soda, fruit punch · Nearest score peer is Laura lynn, flavored soda, fruit punch 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Pursuit Energy: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pursuit Energy20/1002. Laura lynn, flavored soda, fruit punch: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Laura lynn, flavored soda…20/1003. Sugar Free Gelatin Dessert: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar Free Gelatin Dessert20/1004. Gelatin Dessert: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gelatin Dessert20/1005. PoppinCookin Tanoshii Ramen: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. PoppinCookin Tanoshii Ram…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pursuit Energy (20/100 on 25 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Pursuit Energy
20/100
Laura lynn, flavored soda, fruit punch
20/100
Sugar Free Gelatin Dessert
20/100
Gelatin Dessert
20/100
PoppinCookin Tanoshii Ramen
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. Pursuit Energy 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 products

Pursuit Energy lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 25 (93rd 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 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Filtered Water
2
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
3
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
4
Sodium Citrate
5
D-glucuronolactone
6
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
7
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
8
Natural And Artificial Flavors
9
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
10
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
11
Preservative
12
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
13
Inositol
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
15
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
B3
17
Gum Arabic
18
Calcium D-pantothenate
19
B5
20
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
B6
22
Brominated Vegetable Oil
Emulsifier
Avoid Banned (FDA revoked 2024)
23
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Cyanocobalamin
25
B12

Full Ingredient List

Filtered water, citric acid, taurine, sodium citrate, d-glucuronolactone, caffeine, dextrose, natural and artificial flavors, acesulfame potassium, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium sorbate, inositol, sucralose, niacinamide (b3), gum arabic, calcium d-pantothenate (b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (b6), brominated vegetable oil, fd&c red no. 40, and cyanocobalamin (b12).

Categories

Beverages Carbonated drinks Sodas

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Pursuit Energy

Neighbours outside Pursuit Beverage Company Llc in the same lower screening band as Pursuit Energy (20/100). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Pursuit Beverage Company Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Brominated Vegetable Oil is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pursuit Energy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Brominated Vegetable Oil. Open Brominated Vegetable Oil
  • Compare Pursuit Energy'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 0696859190759: 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.