Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz: version 1
Saved 2026-09-12 15:37 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added **product/00012000001215 — Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz**, taken from the wanted queue (old 2006-2013 title "caffeine free diet pepsi"). **Identity.** USDA FoodData Central Branded Foods (fdc_id 1624750, Label Insight, version 2021-03-19) and Open Food Facts both hold this exact GTIN as a caffeine-free diet cola under the Diet Pepsi brand, so the barcode is settled. Brand is the masterbrand `brand/pepsi`, the product line `family/diet-pepsi`, category GPC 10000201 (Drinks Flavoured - Ready to Drink). **Net content.** 20 fl oz rests on one dated secondary source: the archived 2007 Barcodepedia page the wanted row links to ("Container or wrapping: 20 Oz."). Its "Produced in USA or Canada by Pepsi-Cola North America INC" line is prefix-generated and was not used. Recorded in Pack history with that caveat and as a research gap; the bottle format is derived from PepsiCo's own product facts page for the 20 fl oz size, not printed evidence for this article. **Not the current article.** PepsiCo's product facts site carries Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free in 12, 16, 16.9, 20, 24 and 67 fl oz, and its 20 fl oz page declares `data-gtin=00012000172168` — not this number. I did not assert `status: discontinued` or `superseded_by` on that alone; both are logged as research gaps, and the current 20 fl oz article is listed in the family's Variants table. **Ingredients and nutrition (structure v2).** One observation `usda-label` holds the USDA label statement; eight ingredient rows in label order with `printed_name` preserving the label's US spellings (CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR). One panel per 100 ml with method `normalized`, because USDA restates the label per 100 ml and no printed panel or photo exists for this barcode; salt is marked `calculated` from sodium (US labels declare sodium). Caffeine 0 mg is recorded against the caffeine-free formulation. **Markets.** US only, `sourced` to the USDA United States label record; no barcode-printing retailer listing was found (Kroger and Walmart time out or serve a CAPTCHA, and the PepsiCo Partners product page redirects to its root). **Relations and stubs.** `brand_owner_at_sale` → company/pepsi-cola-north-america (USDA `brand_owner`; the Open Food Facts field repeats it, so it is one line of evidence, status sourced). No stub stated GS1 prefix 012000, so `gs1_prefix_owner` is `derived` to the same company with the prefix recorded in its `gs1_prefixes`. Note for the team: PepsiCo's Exhibit 21 of 27 Dec 2025 lists a "Pepsi-Cola Company" but no "Pepsi-Cola North America Inc.", so I asserted no parent relation for that stub and filed a relationships gap. New stubs: brand/pepsi, company/pepsico (EIN 13-1584302, SEC CIK 0000077476), company/pepsi-cola-north-america, family/diet-pepsi, ingredient/potassium-benzoate (E212). Existing ingredient entities were reused: carbonated-water, caramel-colour, aspartame, phosphoric-acid, citric-acid, natural-flavourings, acesulfame-k. brand/pepsi, company/pepsico and company/pepsi-cola-north-america are also declared by the agent building 0012000001130; same keys, so whoever lands first wins. **No image:** Open Food Facts holds no photos for this barcode, so the page asks the community for one.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00012000001215
name: Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz
family: family/diet-pepsi
default_observation: usda-label
summary: No-caffeine, sugar-free cola from PepsiCo's Diet Pepsi line, recorded in the United States under UPC 012000001215.
brand: brand/pepsi
category: category/10000201
net_content: 20 floz
country_of_sale: US
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| brand_owner_at_sale | company/pepsi-cola-north-america | US | | | | sourced | ^usda | USDA Branded Foods names Pepsi-Cola North America Inc. as the brand owner of this GTIN; the Open Food Facts record repeats the same field, so it is one line of evidence. |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/pepsi-cola-north-america | | | | | derived | ^usda | prefix 012000; no company stub states it, owner per ^usda brand_owner for this barcode. |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^usda | USDA FoodData Central holds a United States branded-label record for this exact GTIN (market US, brand owner Pepsi-Cola North America Inc.); no barcode-printing retailer listing was found. | 2026-09-12 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free | name | en | | |
| Caffeine Free Diet Cola | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Ingredients <!--ingredients-->
| ingredient | role | kind | note | percent | basis | market | from | until | source | id | observation | parent_id | position | printed_name | state |
| ------------------------------ | ------------ | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ------ | --- | ----------- | --------- | -------- | -------------------- | ----- |
| ingredient/carbonated-water | | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i1 | usda-label | | 1 | CARBONATED WATER | known |
| ingredient/caramel-colour | colour | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i2 | usda-label | | 2 | CARAMEL COLOR | known |
| ingredient/aspartame | sweetener | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i3 | usda-label | | 3 | ASPARTAME | known |
| ingredient/phosphoric-acid | acid | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i4 | usda-label | | 4 | PHOSPHORIC ACID | known |
| ingredient/potassium-benzoate | preservative | label | The label adds "(PRESERVES FRESHNESS)" after this ingredient. | | | US | | | ^usda | i5 | usda-label | | 5 | POTASSIUM BENZOATE | known |
| ingredient/citric-acid | acid | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i6 | usda-label | | 6 | CITRIC ACID | known |
| ingredient/natural-flavourings | flavouring | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i7 | usda-label | | 7 | NATURAL FLAVOR | known |
| ingredient/acesulfame-k | sweetener | label | | | | US | | | ^usda | i8 | usda-label | | 8 | ACESULFAME POTASSIUM | known |
<!--/ingredients-->
## Pack history <!--pack_history-->
| label | from | until | market | net_content | pack_quantity | pack_format | source | note |
| ---------------------- | ---- | ----- | ------ | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 20 fl oz single bottle | | | US | 20 floz | | bottle | ^oldbp | Size as the archived 2006-2013 Barcodepedia page for this UPC recorded it in 2007 ("Container or wrapping: 20 Oz."), a contributor-typed secondary source; the container type is derived from PepsiCo's product facts page for Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free 20 fl oz, which gives the serving as one bottle. |
<!--/pack_history-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| usda-label | United States label as recorded by USDA Branded Foods | label | US | en | | | 2021-03-19 | supported | CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, ASPARTAME, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM. | listed | | ^usda | Label Insight record for this GTIN, USDA release 2026-04-30, label data modified 2019-10-22 and published 2021-03-19; the statement is upper case because USDA stores the label text as captured. No label photograph exists for this barcode. | | | | | |
<!--/observations-->
## Nutrition panels <!--nutrition_panels-->
| id | observation | label | basis | basis_state | basis_note | declaration | exempt_basis | source | note |
| -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| usda-100 | usda-label | Per 100 ml, USDA normalisation | 100 ml | as_sold | USDA restates the label panel per 100 ml; the printed serving column for this article was not available. | transcribed | | ^usda | The record's own serving is 240 ml (household serving "8 OZA"); no printed per-serving column could be read, so only the per-100 ml restatement is stored. |
<!--/nutrition_panels-->
## Nutrition values <!--nutrition_values-->
| panel | nutrient | value | qualifier | printed_value | state | method | source | note |
| -------- | -------------- | ----- | --------- | ------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| usda-100 | energy_kcal | 0 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | |
| usda-100 | fat_g | 0 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | |
| usda-100 | carbohydrate_g | 0 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | |
| usda-100 | sugars_g | 0 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | |
| usda-100 | protein_g | 0 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | |
| usda-100 | sodium_mg | 10 | | | known | normalized | ^usda | 10 mg per 100 ml is about 25 mg per the record's 240 ml serving. |
| usda-100 | salt_g | 0.025 | | | known | calculated | ^usda | Salt equivalent computed from sodium; United States labels declare sodium, not salt. |
| usda-100 | caffeine_mg | 0 | | | known | printed | ^usda | The article is the caffeine-free formulation; PepsiCo's product facts page for Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free states 0 mg caffeine. |
<!--/nutrition_values-->
## Label claims <!--claims-->
| observation | claim | kind | source | note |
| ----------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| usda-label | Caffeine free | label | ^usda | USDA records the label description as "CAFFEINE FREE DIET COLA" under the Diet Pepsi brand. |
<!--/claims-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| | identity | unknown | No live retailer or manufacturer listing printing this UPC was found; the 20 fl oz net content rests on the archived 2007 Barcodepedia entry alone. | ^oldbp |
| | identity | stale | PepsiCo's product facts site lists Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free 20 fl oz under GTIN 00012000172168, not this one; whether that article replaced this number, and whether this pack is still sold, is unconfirmed, so no status or successor is recorded. | ^ppf20 |
| | relationships | unknown | PepsiCo's Exhibit 21 subsidiary list of 27 December 2025 names Pepsi-Cola Company but no Pepsi-Cola North America Inc.; the current corporate standing of the brand owner USDA names is unresolved. | ^sec |
| usda-label | nutrition | not_researched | Values are USDA's per-100 ml restatement, not a transcription of the printed panel; the printed serving column is unread. | ^usda |
| | images | not_researched | No photograph of this pack: Open Food Facts holds none for this barcode. | ^off |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-12
note: Built from the USDA Branded Foods record for this GTIN, the Open Food Facts record, PepsiCo's product facts pages for Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free and the archived 2007 Barcodepedia entry the wanted list links to.
<!--/research-->
## Meta <!--meta-->
title: Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi 20 fl oz - UPC 012000001215
description: Caffeine-free, sugar-free Diet Pepsi cola sold in the United States; ingredients, nutrition and sources for barcode 012000001215.
<!--/meta-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | -------------------- | --------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | --------------- |
| usda | https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1624750/nutrients | USDA FoodData Central, Branded Foods (LI), fdc_id 1624750, version 2021-03-19 | 2026-09-12 | U.S. Department of Agriculture | registry | 2021-03-19 | 1624750 | | cc0 | | Label Insight |
| off | https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0012000001215 | Caffeine Free Diet Cola, Diet Pepsi | 2026-09-12 | Open Food Facts | catalogue | | 0012000001215 | | ODbL | Open Food Facts contributors | |
| ppf20 | https://www.pepsicoproductfacts.com/Home/Product?formula=F0000007856&form=RTD&size=20 | Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free - 20 fl oz | 2026-09-12 | PepsiCo | manufacturer | | F0000007856 | | | | |
| oldbp | https://web.archive.org/web/20070913044601/http://en.barcodepedia.com/012000001215/caffeine-free-diet-pepsi | Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, the 2006-2013 Barcodepedia entry for this UPC | 2026-09-12 | Barcodepedia (archived by the Internet Archive) | publication | 2007-09-13 | | Container or wrapping | | | upcdatabase.com |
| wikidietpepsi | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Pepsi | Diet Pepsi | 2026-09-12 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors | |
| sec | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/77476/000007747626000007/pepsico202510-kexhibit21.htm | PepsiCo, Inc. subsidiaries as of December 27, 2025 (Exhibit 21 to the 2025 Form 10-K) | 2026-09-12 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-03 | 0000077476-26-000007 | Exhibit 21 | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi is the no-caffeine version of Diet Pepsi, PepsiCo's sugar-free cola, sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame potassium and sold in the United States.[^usda] Diet Pepsi itself was test marketed as Patio Diet Cola in 1963 and launched nationally the following year as the first diet cola distributed across the country.[^wikidietpepsi] The USDA Branded Foods record for this barcode carries the label ingredient statement and names Pepsi-Cola North America Inc. as the brand owner.[^usda] The archived 2006-2013 Barcodepedia page for the same UPC recorded the container as 20 oz.[^oldbp] PepsiCo's own product facts site still lists Diet Pepsi Caffeine Free in a 20 fl oz bottle, but under barcode 00012000172168, so this number looks like an earlier article for that size rather than the one now shipping.[^ppf20]
<!--/about-->