Caution

ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK

by Rockstar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0818094005777 · Rockstar · Beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0818094005777 · Serving size 1 can (473.176 ml)

The verdict

ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK by Rockstar scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Carbonated Water, Sugar, Glucose Syrup. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 29 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

70/100

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.

94005777 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Marshmallow · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005777 · July 2026

14 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 94005777 · 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: Marshmallow · Nearest score peer is Marshmallow 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. ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY …70/1002. Marshmallow: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Marshmallow70/1003. Energy drink, fruit punch: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Energy drink, fruit punch70/1004. Energy drink: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Energy drink70/1005. Rockstar pure zero energy drink mango orange passion fruit: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rockstar pure zero energy…70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK (70/100 on 29 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK
70/100
Marshmallow
70/100
Energy drink, fruit punch
70/100
Energy drink
70/100
Rockstar pure zero energy drink mango orange passion fruit
70/100

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. ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK scores 20.5 points below that category average (70/100 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

ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 26–28: 216 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 131 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 29 (96th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carbonated Water
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Glucose Syrup
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
Taurine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe Listed
6
Natural And Artificial Flavor
7
Sodium Citrate
8
Caffeine
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
9
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
10
Glucuronolactone
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
Preserves Freshness
13
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Inositol
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
L-carnitine
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Listed
16
Guarana Seed Extract
17
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Vitamin B3
19
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Vitamin B5
21
Milk Thistle Extract
22
Panax Ginseng Root Extract
23
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin B6
26
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Vitamin B2
28
Cyanocobalamin
29
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

CARBONATED WATER, SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP, CITRIC ACID, TAURINE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CITRATE, CAFFEINE, CARAMEL COLOR, GLUCURONOLACTONE, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), INOSITOL, L-CARNITINE, GUARANA SEED EXTRACT, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), MILK THISTLE EXTRACT, PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT, YELLOW 5, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)

Categories

Beverages Energy drinks Energy drink with sugar

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK

Neighbours outside Rockstar near ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rockstar; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare ORIGINAL ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK's 2 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 0818094005777: 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.