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Energy Drink calories per cup: 2–107 across all 8 named USDA examples

Across all 8 named USDA examples, a cup contains 2–107 calories. Their listed weights span 240–248 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 1 can or bottle (16 fl oz) · 496 g

213calories

Energy Drink

Protein
2.3 g
Carbs
50.6 g
Fat
0 g

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Compare all 8 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 8 exact records in this guide report 4–213 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 1–43 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Energy Drink, begin by separating “Energy Drink” from “Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull).” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

Showing the first 6 of 8 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How energy drink records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 8 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.

  1. Minimum: Energy drink, sugar free (Vault) 1 kcal
    1 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Energy drink, sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP) 2 kcal
    2 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Energy drink, sugar free (No Fear) 4 kcal
    4 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Energy drink, sugar-free (NOS) 4 kcal
    4 kcal
  5. Maximum: Energy Drink 43 kcal
    43 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 8 named USDA records in view: 8 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Sport and energy drinks and Diet sport and energy drinks. The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 8 records together under the exact grouping key “energy drink.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Energy Drink, this page can compare 8 named records from FDC 2710756 through FDC 2710763. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →

Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

360–496 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.4× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

42 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “sugar free (Vault)”; the higher is “Energy Drink.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

71 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “sugar free (Vault)” (14 mg) and “sugar-free (NOS)” (85 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every energy drink.

Important: “Lower” begins with Energy drink, sugar free (Vault); “higher” ends with Energy Drink, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every energy drink meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Energy Drink, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Energy Drink nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Energy Drink Direct name match 496 gUSDA reference amount 213 kcal 43 2.3 g 0 g 193 mg FDC 2710756 ↗
Energy drink, sugar free Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 19 kcal 4 1.2 g 0 g 326 mg FDC 2710768 ↗
Energy drink, sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP) Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 10 kcal 2 0 g 0 g 149 mg FDC 2710759 ↗
Energy drink, sugar free (No Fear) Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 19 kcal 4 2 g 0 g 202 mg FDC 2710760 ↗
Energy drink, sugar free (Rockstar) Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 19 kcal 4 1.2 g 0 g 250 mg FDC 2710764 ↗
Energy drink, sugar free (Vault) Direct name match 360 gUSDA reference amount 4 kcal 1 0.9 g 0 g 50 mg FDC 2710765 ↗
Energy drink, sugar-free (NOS) Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 19 kcal 4 0 g 0 g 408 mg FDC 2710761 ↗
Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull) Direct name match 480 gUSDA reference amount 24 kcal 5 1.2 g 0 g 398 mg FDC 2710763 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 360 to 496 grams—a 136-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 4 calories for “sugar free (Vault)” to 213 for “Energy Drink.” At a fixed 100 grams, “sugar free (Vault)” is 1 calories and “Energy Drink” is 43—a fixed-weight separation of 42 calories. For Energy Drink, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “Energy Drink”, “sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP)”, “sugar free (Rockstar)”, “sugar free (Vault)”, and “sugar-free (Red Bull)”. The source formulations contain 7 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beverages, energy drink, red bull, sugar free, with added caffeine, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamins b6 and b12, beverages, energy drink, rockstar, sugar free, beverages, energy drink, amp, sugar free, and beverages, energy drink, red bull. On this Energy Drink page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Energy Drink” cannot resolve the differences between Energy Drink and Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull). The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 360–496 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “Energy Drink”, “sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP)”, “sugar free (Rockstar)”, “sugar free (Vault)”, and “sugar-free (Red Bull)”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    7 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Energy Drink” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Energy Drink unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that energy drink is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“Energy Drink”, “sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP)”, “sugar free (Vault)”, and “sugar-free (Red Bull)”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Energy Drink source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 8 exact records behind Energy Drink source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull) is higher in potassium per 100 g

Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull) reports 3 mg versus 0 mg for Energy drink, sugar free (No Fear): a 3 mg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 360–496 g

Energy drink, sugar free (Vault) uses USDA source amount (360 g), while Energy Drink uses USDA source amount (496 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Energy Drink” from “Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull)”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Energy Drink source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

7 context records in this source topic Diet sport and energy drinks

Energy drink, sugar free and Energy drink, sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP) belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, Energy drink, RED BULL, sugar free, with added caffeine, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamins B6 and B12

USDA input 14156 appears in 2 of 8 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 50–100 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calcium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calcium runs from 0 mg in Energy drink, sugar free (Mountain Dew AMP) to 13 mg in Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull), all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Potassium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, potassium runs from 0 mg in Energy drink, sugar free (No Fear) to 3 mg in Energy drink, sugar-free (Red Bull), all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 1 context record in this source topic Sport and energy drinks

Energy Drink belongs to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Energy Drink

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2710756 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 8 records share this broad food family Beverages: broader category context

Energy Drink and Energy drink, sugar free, plus 6 more are assigned to Feast’s Beverages editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path