A three-dimensional glass standing on a digital kitchen scale. Sugar pours into the glass and the scale shows the weight in grams.
Red Bull Energy Drink
- Drinks
- Energy drinks
How much sugar is in Red Bull Energy Drink?
One 250 ml serving contains 27.5 g of sugar. That works out at roughly 6–7 sugar cubes, or 55 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
- Brand
- Red Bull
- Serving
- Can · 250 ml
- Sugar per 100 ml
- 11 g
- Market
- United States
About Red Bull Energy Drink
The 8.4 fl oz can is small enough that the sugar rarely registers. At 11 g per 100 ml the concentration matches a regular cola, and it is only the size of the can that keeps the total down. Comparing it against a 16 oz energy drink therefore compares packaging as much as it compares recipes.
Is that a lot of sugar?
Concentration
Medium sugar
11 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
A meaningful share of a typical day
The 250 ml serving carries 27.5 g — 55 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
Overall composition
Nutri-Score E
Computed by Open Food Facts using the published Nutri-Score algorithm. Not assigned or endorsed by the manufacturer.
Nutri-Score grades the whole nutritional composition per 100 — energy, sugars, saturated fat and salt against fibre, protein and fruit or vegetable content — on a scale from A to E. It is a European front-of-pack scheme. It rates a product, not a diet, and says nothing about how much of it you drink.
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 Red Bull Energy Drink
| Per | 100 ml | 250 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 187 kJ / 45 kcal | 468 kJ / 113 kcal |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 11 g | 27.5 g |
| of which sugars | 11 g | 27.5 g |
| Fibre | — | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.1 g | 0.24 g |
How much caffeine is in Red Bull Energy Drink?
Per 250 ml
80mg
32 mg per 100 ml.
What is in Red Bull Energy Drink?
Carbonated water, sugar, glucose, citric acid, taurine, natural flavors, artificial flavors, sodium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate, artificial colors, caffeine, niacinamide, pyridoxine HCl, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12.
Energy drinks compared
Rockstar Energy The Original
Can · 473 ml
63g
about 15–16 sugar cubes
13.3 g sugar / 100 ml
NOS Original
Can · 473 ml
51g
about 12–13 sugar cubes
10.8 g sugar / 100 ml
Monster Energy
Juice Monster Pipeline Punch
Can · 473 ml
46g
about 11–12 sugar cubes
9.7 g sugar / 100 ml
Red Bull Energy Drink
Can · 250 ml
28g
about 6–7 sugar cubes
11 g sugar / 100 ml
Monster Energy Zero Ultra
Can · 473 ml
0g
0 sugar cubes
0 g sugar / 100 ml
Same market only — figures for another country are not comparable. Sorted by sugar per serving.
Common questions about Red Bull Energy Drink
- How much sugar is in Red Bull Energy Drink?
- One 250 ml serving contains 27.5 g of sugar, which is 11 g per 100 ml.
- How many sugar cubes is that?
- Roughly 6–7 cubes at 4 g each, or 55 % of the WHO orientation value of 50 g of free sugars a day.
- How much caffeine is in Red Bull Energy Drink?
- One 250 ml serving contains about 80 mg of caffeine, which is 32 mg per 100 ml.
- How many calories are in Red Bull Energy Drink?
- One 250 ml serving provides about 113 kcal (468 kJ).
- What Nutri-Score does Red Bull Energy Drink have?
- Nutri-Score E, as computed by Open Food Facts using the published algorithm. It rates the nutritional composition per 100, not a whole diet.