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Energy & Sports Drinks: calories and sugar compared

Every energy & sports drinks product in the Boone database, side by side. Sort by calories, sugar, salt or protein, per serving or per 100g, against the daily guidelines for whoever is eating.

Source: product information published by each brand or retailerChecked against UK government guidelinesHow we check the figures
21 productswith nutrition checked
10 brandsand own labels
6 to 255kcal per serving
4 of 21high in sugar, red on a front-of-pack label

All 21 Energy & Sports Drinks products ranked

21 products, least calories first, per serving. % is of an adult woman’s daily energy reference.
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Energy & Sports Drinks nutrition questions

Which energy & sports drinks product has the most calories?

Rockstar Original Energy Drink, with 255 kcal per serving. The lowest is Monster Energy Ultra Zero Sugar, at 25 kcal.

Which energy & sports drinks product has the most sugar?

Rockstar Original Energy Drink, with 61g of sugar per serving. That is 203% of the 30g daily free sugar limit for anyone aged 11 or over, and 321% of the 19g limit for a 4 to 6 year old.

Which brands make energy & sports drinks?

9 brands and own labels are covered here. The most products come from Aldi (7), Lucozade (4), Powerade (2), Monster (2).

How much sugar should children have?

The NHS limits free sugar to 30g a day from age 11, 24g for ages 7 to 10 and 19g for ages 4 to 6. Free sugar is added sugar plus sugar in honey, syrups and juice, not the sugar in milk or whole fruit.

What do the colours mean?

They follow UK front-of-pack labels. Sugar is high above 22.5g per 100g (11.25g per 100ml for drinks), saturated fat above 5g (2.5g), and salt above 1.5g (0.75g). Low is 5g, 1.5g and 0.3g per 100g or less.

How we check the figures

Figures are per serving as sold, from the nutrition information published by each brand or retailer, checked by Boone. Where a product page gives figures per 100g, the serving uses the pack or portion size shown on that page.

Colours follow the UK front-of-pack labelling thresholds per 100g or 100ml. Daily references are the NHS free sugar and salt limits by age and the energy references used across Boone. Sugar is free sugar where Boone has worked it out from the ingredients, and total sugar otherwise, marked as such.

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