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Energy
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Fructose: 5 g per servingGoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 9 mgGoutSafe ↗
- No added sugar
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 CAN (241 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 3 mg, at most 9 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 4 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 18 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | vegetable juice |
| Fructose per serving | 5.1 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 0 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 10.2 g |
The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vegetable juice | vegetable juice (B) | 14 mg | up to 50% | 17 mg | 8 mg |
| fruit juice | fruit juice (D) | 1 mg | up to 33% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| green tea | green tea beverage (A) | 2 mg | up to 13% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 5.1 g of fructose per serving in a drink. GoutSafe grades drinks at 5 g or more as Moderate (C) and 12 g or more as Limit (D). Source on GoutSafe.
- About 3 mg of purine per serving, and at most 9 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from vegetable juice. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 0 g of added sugar per serving.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: WATER, VEGETABLE JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF SWEET POTATOES, PURPLE CARROTS, CARROTS), FRUIT JUICE (WATER AND CONCENTRATED JUICES OF APPLES, BLUEBERRIES, POMEGRANATES), NATURAL FLAVORING, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, CAFFEINE FROM BLACK AND GREEN TEA, VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), SUCRALOSE, NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12).
Same recipe also sold as Energy Black Cherry. Serving: 1 CAN (241 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2773813), dated 2026-07-23. UPC 051000196217.
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