Pineapple Citrus Energy

What Taco Bell says it is

In the brand’s words: “A refreshing pineapple citrus-flavored beverage featuring Taco Bell Energy, charged with B vitamins with added caffeine for a boost of energy. Pineapple Citrus Energy contains caffeine, 120 mg per 20 oz drink. For adult use only. Not recommended for children, pregnant or nursing women or persons sensitive to caffeine. Do not consume in combination with caffeine or stimulants from other sources.” That description states caffeine at 120 mg per 20 oz; the nutrition record carries no caffeine figure for it, so the description is the only figure the brand publishes.

The two calorie figures

On the ordering menu Pineapple Citrus Energy carries a calorie figure of zero. That zero is not a figure: the size is chosen on the product page, so the category listing has nothing to count until it is. The nutrition record carries 50 calories for the Pineapple Citrus Fuego Energy.

This page treats the zero as what it is and prints the record instead; every ranking on the site does the same.

Where it was listed

On 19 September 2026, Pineapple Citrus Energy was listed at 432 of the 452 restaurants read, in 50 states and DC. That makes it a core item: on nine in ten of the restaurant menus read or more.

Alabama had the lowest state median, $4.49; Hawaii the highest, $6.69. A state median stands on ten restaurants at most, so a single expensive or cheap restaurant moves it; the national range is the safer figure. Pick a state on the board or on the prices by state page and the ticket on every page prices its lines at that state’s medians beside the national range.

What the price buys

By median price Pineapple Citrus Energy ranks 19th of 21 in Drinks. The section median is $2.99, so it is $1.50 above it. At the median price it costs $8.98 per 100 calories.

The record against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, Pineapple Citrus Energy is 2 percent of the calories and 2 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium limit the FDA uses for the daily value. The record carries no caffeine figure; the ordering menu’s description states 120 mg per 20 oz.

The Drinks median for sodium is 70 mg; this one is 35.

Allergens and certification

The brand’s own tool lists Pineapple Citrus Energy as free of eggs, fish, gluten, milk, MSG, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts and wheat. Its record carries no allergen table, so there is no warning to print. The tool’s own caution: “While a particular ingredient may not contain one of these allergens, our products may be prepared on the same equipment and in the same kitchen area as those that do.” Gluten is the special case: “Taco Bell does not claim “gluten-free” for any ingredients or menu items.” A free mark for gluten here is the tool’s word about ingredients, never a claim by this site.

Pineapple Citrus Fuego Energy stops it being vegetarian as served: Pineapple Citrus Fuego Energy carries no vegetarian tag in the statement.

Next to it on the board

Against its neighbors in Drinks: Milk has 50 calories more and $3.50 less at the median; Dirty Soda with Baja Blast Zero Sugar has the same calories and $1.00 less at the median; Mountain Dew Baja Midnight has 170 calories more and $1.50 less at the median.

Guides and comparisons that mention it

• Caffeine: what is published and what is not