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Energy Drink Ratings is an independent database of energy drink labels and community ratings. For each of the 1,068 drinks we track, we record the caffeine, sugar, calories and ingredients printed on the can, and we publish ratings from people who have actually drunk it. Founded and curated by Michele Edington. Owned by Zakary Edington. Operated by Energy Drink Ratings LLC.
Our flagship dataset is The State of Energy Drinks, a live report of what the labels say. The figures below come from it.
Free to cite and use with a link back to energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks. Data last updated: October 27, 2026.
1,068 energy drinks are catalogued in the dataset, each from its own label.
53.0% of the 1,067 energy drinks with a caffeine figure on file (566) contain 200mg or more, so two cans reach the FDA's 400mg/day level for healthy adults.
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>33.8% of the 1,067 energy drinks with a caffeine figure on file (361) contain exactly 200mg of caffeine; 200mg and 300mg together cover 47.4%.
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>200mg is the median caffeine per drink across the 1,067 energy drinks with a caffeine figure on file (average 185mg, maximum 400mg).
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>78.9% of the 1,068 catalogued energy drinks are sugar-free.
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>75.4% of the 1,061 energy drinks with an ingredient list contain sucralose, acesulfame potassium or aspartame, versus 6.6% that contain stevia or other plant sweeteners.
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title="What sweetens energy drinks — Energy Drink Ratings"
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>466 energy drinks (43.6% of the 1,068 catalogued) are both 10 calories or fewer and 200mg or more of caffeine.
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
</div>L-Tyrosine is listed in 34% of performance energy drinks versus 3% of lifestyle drinks (among drinks with an ingredient list).
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<p style="font-size:13px">Source: <a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings, State of Energy Drinks</a></p>
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Energy Drink Ratings, "State of Energy Drinks," updated October 27, 2026, https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinksEnergy Drink Ratings. (2026, October 27). State of energy drinks. https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks<a href="https://energydrinkratings.com/state-of-energy-drinks">Energy Drink Ratings' State of Energy Drinks report</a>We analysed 1,068 energy drinks using manufacturer label data (1,067 with a caffeine figure, 1,062 with a sugar figure, 1,061 with a readable ingredient list). Caffeine is compared with the FDA's 400mg/day guidance for healthy adults; sugar with the American Heart Association's 25g/36g daily added-sugar limits. Figures update automatically as drinks are added.
Media enquiries: tom@energydrinkratings.com. We can provide custom data cuts by brand, caffeine tier, sweetener or ingredient. Canonical page to cite: State of Energy Drinks.