Special K Honey Almond Flavored Protein Meal Bar, Honey Almond
The Kellogg Company · Snack, Energy & Granola Bars · barcode 00000003802700
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which is banned or not approved in US (FDA). Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of snack, energy & granola bars show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows them. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472a. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
DATEM (E472e)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472e. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Typical for snack, energy & granola bars
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 7.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.3 kg (18 lb).One serving (1 bar, 45 g, from the label):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 20 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 28 ppb (2018-2020)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COATING (SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, WHEY, SOY LECITHIN, LACTIC ACID), DRY ROASTED ALMONDS, CORN SYRUP, POLYDEXTROSE, INULIN, RICE CEREAL (RICE, WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, CHICORY ROOT FIBER, DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, SALT, WHEY, MALT FLAVOR, CALCIUM CASEINATE, ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C], REDUCED IRON, ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE [VITAMIN E], PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], VITAMIN A PALMITATE, FOLIC ACID, RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN B12), SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, RICE STARCH, TOASTED SOY PIECES, HONEY, DEFATTED SOY GRITS, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, GLYCERIN, OAT FIBER, SORBITOL, EVAPORATED CANE JUICE, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), DATEM, POLYSORBATE 80, D-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL (VITAMIN E), NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, REDUCED IRON, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), BHT FOR FRESHNESS, PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.