As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on _________, 2013

                                                  Registration No. 333-________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                   FORM S-8/A
                         Post-Effective Amendment No. 1

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                         UnderThe Securities Act of l933

                                DNA BRANDS, INC.

               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

                Colorado                              26-0394476
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      (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)

              506 N.W. 77th Street
              Boca Raton, Florida                           33487
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)           (Zip Code)

                                Stock Bonus Plan
                                ----------------
                              (Full Title of Plan)

                                  Darren Marks
                                506 N.W. 77th St.
                              Boca Raton, FL 33487
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (954) 978-8401
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                (Telephone number, including area code, of agent
                                  for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large  accelerated  filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See if
the definitions of "large accelerated  filer,"  "accelerated  filer" and smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange act.

  Large accelerated filer | |                   Accelerated filer  | |

 Non-accelerated  filer  | |                    Smaller reporting company   |X|
                 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

     Copies of all  communications,  including all communications  sent to agent
for service to:

                              William T. Hart, Esq.
                                 Hart & Trinen
                             l624 Washington Street
                             Denver, Colorado 80203
                                 (303) 839-0061


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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                                       Proposed
Title                                     Proposed      maximum
securities                  Amount       offering      aggregate    Amount of
 to be                      to be         price         offering    registration
registered               registered (1)  per share (2)   price         fee
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Common Stock issuable
pursuant to Stock
Bonus Plan (as amended)    3,000,000      $0.09       $270,000        $37

(1)  This  Registration  Statement also covers such additional number of shares,
     presently  undeterminable,  as may  become  issuable  in the event of stock
     dividends,  stock  splits,   recapitalizations  or  other  changes  in  the
     Company's common stock.

(2)  Varied, but not less than the fair market value on the date that the shares
     were or are granted. Pursuant to Rule 457(g), the proposed maximum offering
     price per share and proposed  maximum  aggregate  offering  price are based
     upon closing price of the Company's common stock on December 24, 2012.

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                                DNA BRANDS, INC.

              Cross Reference Sheet Required Pursuant to Rule 404

                                     PART I
                       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

(NOTE: Pursuant to instructions  to Form S-8, the Prospectus  described below is
       not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.)
Item
 No.     Form S-8 Caption                       Caption in Prospectus

  1.     Plan Information

         (a)  General Plan Information           Stock Option and Bonus Plans

         (b)  Securities to be Offered           Stock Option and Bonus Plans

         (c)  Employees who may Participate      Stock Option and Bonus Plans
              in the Plan

         (d)  Purchase of Securities Pursuant    Stock Option and Bonus Plans
              to the Plan and Payment for
              Securities Offered

         (e) Resale Restrictions                 Resale of Shares by Affiliates

         (f)  Tax Effects of Plan                Stock Option and Bonus Plans
              Participation

         (g)  Investment of Funds                Not Applicable.

         (h)  Withdrawal from the Plan;          Other Information Regarding the
              Assignment of Interest             Plans

         (i)  Forfeitures and Penalties          Other Information Regarding the
                                                 Plans

         (j)  Charges and Deductions and         Other Information Regarding the
              Liens Therefore                    Plans

     2. Registrant Information and Employee      Available information,
        Plan Annual Informatio                   Documents incorporated by
                                                 reference

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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3 - Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The  following  documents  filed with the  Commission  by DNA Brands,  Inc.
("DNA")  (Commission File No. 000-53086) are incorporated by reference into this
prospectus:

     (1)  Annual  report on Form 10-K for the  fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          2011.

     (2)  Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

     (3)  Report on Form 8-K filed on April 18, 2012.

     (4)  Report on Form 8-K filed August 7, 2012.

     (5)  Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2012.

     (6)  Amended report on Form 10-Q/A for the three month ended June 30, 2012.

     (7)  Amended  annual  report  on Form  10-K/A  for the  fiscal  year  ended
          December 31, 2011.

     (8)  Report on Form 10-Q for the three month ended September 30, 2012.

     (9)  Report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2012.


     All documents  filed with the Commission by DNA pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this prospectus
and prior to the termination of this offering shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this  prospectus and to be a part of this  prospectus from the
date of the filing of such  documents.  Any  statement  contained  in a document
incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for the purposes of this  prospectus to the extent that a
statement  contained in this  prospectus or in any  subsequently  filed document
which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by reference in this  prospectus
modifies or supersedes such statement.  Such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or superseded,  to constitute a part
of this prospectus.

     Investors  are  entitled to rely upon  information  in this  prospectus  or
incorporated  by  reference  at the  time it is used by DNA to  offer  and  sell
securities,  even  though  that  information  may be  superseded  or modified by
information subsequently incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

     DNA has filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission a Registration
Statement  under the  Securities  Act of l933,  as amended,  with respect to the
securities  offered by this prospectus.  This prospectus does not contain all of
the information set forth in the Registration Statement. For further information
with respect to DNA and such  securities,  reference is made to the Registration
Statement and to the exhibits filed with the Registration Statement.  Statements
contained  in this  prospectus  as to the  contents  of any  contract  or  other
documents are summaries which are not necessarily complete, and in each instance

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reference  is made to the copy of such  contract or other  document  filed as an
exhibit to the  Registration  Statement,  each such statement being qualified in
all respects by such reference.  The Registration Statement and related exhibits
may also be examined at the Commission's internet site.

Item 4 - Description of Securities

         Not required.


Item 5 - Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

         Not Applicable.

Item 6 - Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The Articles of  Incorporation  of DNA provide in substance  that DNA shall
indemnify  any person who was or is a party or is  threatened to be made a party
to any  threatened  or completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether  civil,
criminal,  administrative,  or  investigative  by  reason  of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of DNA, or is
or was serving at the request of DNA as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary
or agent of another  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other
enterprise,  against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments,  fines and
amounts paid in settlement  actually and  reasonably  incurred by such person to
the full  extent  permitted  by the  laws of the  state  of  Colorado;  and that
expenses  incurred  in  defending  any such civil or  criminal  action,  suit or
proceeding  may be paid  by DNA in  advance  of the  final  disposition  of such
action,  suit or  proceeding  as  authorized  by the Board of  Directors  in the
specific case upon receipt of an  undertaking  by or on behalf of such director,
officer or employee to repay such  amount to DNA unless it shall  ultimately  be
determined  that such person is entitled to be  indemnified by DNA as authorized
in the Articles of Incorporation.

Item 7 - Exemption for Registration Claimed

    Not applicable.

Item 8 - Exhibits  4    - Instruments Defining Rights of
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      Security Holders

 (a) - Common Stock                       Incorporated  by reference to Exhibit
                                          3.1 of the Company's  Registration
                                          Statement on Form SB-2, File No.
                                          333-148773.

 (b) -  Stock Bonus Plan (as amended)              *

  5 - Opinion Regarding Legality                   *

 l5 - Letter Regarding Unaudited Interim
      Financial Information                        None

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 23 - Consent of Independent Public                *
        Accountants and Attorneys

 24 - Power of Attorney                   Included in the signature page of this
                                          Registration Statement

99- Reoffer Prospectus                           Exhibit 99

*  Filed with the Company's Registration
Statement of Form S-8 on December 26, 2012

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each of the  undersigned  constitutes
and appoints Darren Marks and Mel Leiner,  and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and   agents,   with   full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and all  other  documents  in  connection  therewith,  with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents full power
and  authority  to do and  perform  each and every act and thing  requisite  and
necessary to be done,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact
and agents or their  substitutes  or  substitute  may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of l933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in Boca Raton, Florida, on February 28, 2013.

                                DNA BRANDS, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Darren Marks
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                                             Darren Marks, President

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  l933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature                               Title                   Date

/s/ Darren Marks                                           February 28, 2013
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Darren Marks                  Principal Executive Officer
                              and a Director

/s/ Melvin Leiner                                          February 28, 2013
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Melvin Leiner                 Principal Financial and
                              Accounting Officer
                              and a Director