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Rockstar Energy The Original
- Drinks
- Energy drinks
How much sugar is in Rockstar Energy The Original?
One 473 ml serving contains 63 g of sugar. That works out at roughly 15–16 sugar cubes, or 126 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
- Brand
- Rockstar
- Serving
- Can · 473 ml
- Sugar per 100 ml
- 13.3 g
- Market
- United States
About Rockstar Energy The Original
Rockstar Energy The Original is the regular full-sugar U.S. energy drink, not the 24 oz, Original O.G., or Sugar Free variants listed alongside it. The manufacturer treats one 16 fl oz (473 mL) can as a serving and declares 160 mg of caffeine for that can.
Is that a lot of sugar?
Concentration
High sugar
13.3 g of sugar per 100 ml. The UK front-of-pack scheme calls a drink low up to 2.5 g and high above 11.25 g per 100 ml.
In one serving
Above the daily orientation value
The 473 ml serving carries 63 g — 126 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
Concentration follows the UK Department of Health front-of-pack thresholds for total sugars. The serving reading follows the WHO orientation value for free sugars. Nutri-Score is reproduced from the source named above. All three are applied mechanically to the declared figures for the market shown. None of them is a judgement about the product, and none is medical or dietary advice — what a given amount of sugar means for you depends on your whole diet and circumstances.
Nutrition facts for Rockstar Energy The Original
| Per | 100 ml | 473 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 230 kJ / 55 kcal | 1,088 kJ / 260 kcal |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| of which saturates | — | — |
| Carbohydrate | 13.5 g | 64 g |
| of which sugars | 13.3 g | 63 g |
| Fibre | — | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.05 g | 0.21 g |
How much caffeine is in Rockstar Energy The Original?
Per 473 ml
160mg
34 mg per 100 ml.
What is in Rockstar Energy The Original?
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)
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Same market only — figures for another country are not comparable. Sorted by sugar per serving.
Common questions about Rockstar Energy The Original
- How much sugar is in Rockstar Energy The Original?
- One 473 ml serving contains 63 g of sugar, which is 13.3 g per 100 ml.
- How many sugar cubes is that?
- Roughly 15–16 cubes at 4 g each, or 126 % of the WHO orientation value of 50 g of free sugars a day.
- How much caffeine is in Rockstar Energy The Original?
- One 473 ml serving contains about 160 mg of caffeine, which is 34 mg per 100 ml.
- How many calories are in Rockstar Energy The Original?
- One 473 ml serving provides about 260 kcal (1,088 kJ).